Dr Ashley Lyons

  • RAE Research Fellow (Physics & Astronomy)

Biography

I obtained my PhD in 2017 from Heriot-Watt University under the supervision of Prof Daniele Faccio. It's here that I got the opportunity to explore many aspects of nonlinear and ultrafast photonics before developing an interest in quantum optics. In 2018 I moved to the University of Glasgow as a Research Associate in the Extreme Light group before becoming a Lecturer in Physics and Astronomy in 2020.

In 2021 I was awarded a Leverhulme Trust Earlry Career Fellowship to develop a new quantum interferometry inspired approach to fluorescence lifetime imaging and, later in the same year, a Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellowship which focuses on combining single photon sensing with machine learning that mimics the activity in the brain.

Research interests

My primary focus is on finding new forms of time-of-flight sensing using single photons. For example, if we combine single photon detectors with specific types of artificial neural networks that act like the brain what information would we learn to see? Would we be able to use this time information to see around corners or see through walls? Could we learn to see using less light and could we use this to gain quicker reaction times? This essentially gives us a new way of performing LiDAR measurements with applications in autonmous driving, and security and defence.

I also have a strong interest in quantum imaging, specifically trying to address if we can use quantum effects to build inherently new ways of imaging/sensing. This has led to a new form of holography that relies on the presence of entanglement, a new way to perform 3D microscopy that doesn't require and has pushed the boundary in the resolution that can be achieved for LiDAR and fluorescence lifetime sensing.

Publications

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2023

Lyons, A. , Zickus, V., Alvarez-Mendoza, R., Triggiani, D., Tamma, V., Westerberg, N. , Tassieri, M. and Faccio, D. (2023) Fluorescence lifetime Hong-Ou-Mandel sensing. Nature Communications, 14, 8005. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-43868-x) (PMID:38049423) (PMCID:PMC10696080)

2022

Shah, Y. D. , Dada, A. C. , Grant, J. P. , Cumming, D. R.S. , Altuzarra, C. , Nowack, T. S. , Lyons, A. , Clerici, M. and Faccio, D. (2022) An all-dielectric metasurface polarimeter. ACS Photonics, 9(10), pp. 3245-3252. (doi: 10.1021/acsphotonics.2c00395) (PMID:36281330)

Murray, R. and Lyons, A. (2022) Two-photon interference LiDAR imaging. Optics Express, 30(15), pp. 27164-27170. (doi: 10.1364/OE.461248) (PMID:36236893)

Defienne, H. , Cameron, P., Ndagano, B. , Lyons, A. , Reichert, M., Zhao, J., Harvey, A. R. , Charbon, E., Fleischer, J. W. and Faccio, D. (2022) Pixel super-resolution with spatially entangled photons. Nature Communications, 13, 3566. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-31052-6) (PMID:35732642) (PMCID:PMC9217946)

Ndagano, B. , Defienne, H. , Branford, D., Shah, Y. D. , Lyons, A. , Westerberg, N. , Gauger, E. M. and Faccio, D. (2022) Quantum microscopy based on Hong-Ou-Mandel interference. Nature Photonics, 16(5), pp. 384-389. (doi: 10.1038/s41566-022-00980-6)

Zhao, J., Lyons, A. , Ulku, A. C., Defienne, H. , Faccio, D. and Charbon, E. (2022) Light detection and ranging with entangled photons. Optics Express, 30(3), pp. 3675-3683. (doi: 10.1364/OE.435898) (PMID:35209621)

2021

Defienne, H. , Ndagano, B. , Lyons, A. and Faccio, D. (2021) Polarization entanglement-enabled quantum holography. Nature Physics, 17(5), pp. 591-597. (doi: 10.1038/s41567-020-01156-1)

Turpin, A. , Kapitany, V., Radford, J. , Rovelli, D., Mitchell, K., Lyons, A. , Starshynov, I. and Faccio, D. (2021) 3D imaging from multipath temporal echoes. Physical Review Letters, 126(17), 174301. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.174301)

Callenberg, C., Lyons, A. , den Brok, D., Fatima, A., Turpin, A. , Zickus, V., Machesky, L. , Whitelaw, J., Faccio, D. and Hullin, M.B. (2021) Super-resolution time-resolved imaging using computational sensor fusion. Scientific Reports, 11, 1689. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-81159-x) (PMID:33462284) (PMCID:PMC7813875)

2020

Ndagano, B. , Defienne, H. , Lyons, A. , Starshynov, I. , Villa, F., Tisa, S. and Faccio, D. (2020) Imaging and certifying high-dimensional entanglement with a single-photon avalanche diode camera. npj Quantum Information, 6, 94. (doi: 10.1038/s41534-020-00324-8)

Radford, J. , Lyons, A. , Tonolini, F. and Faccio, D. (2020) Role of late photons in diffuse optical imaging. Optics Express, 28(20), pp. 29486-29495. (doi: 10.1364/OE.402503)

Turpin, A. et al. (2020) Spatial images from temporal data. Optica, 7(8), pp. 900-905. (doi: 10.1364/OPTICA.392465)

2019

Lyons, A. , Tonolini, F., Boccolini, A., Repetti, A., Henderson, R., Wiaux, Y. and Faccio, D. (2019) Computational time-of-flight diffuse optical tomography. Nature Photonics, 13(8), pp. 575-579. (doi: 10.1038/s41566-019-0439-x)

Musarra, G., Lyons, A. , Conca, E., Altmann, Y., Villa, F., Zappa, F., Padgett, M.J. and Faccio, D. (2019) Non-line-of-sight three-dimensional imaging with a single-pixel xamera. Physical Review Applied, 12(1), 011002. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.12.011002)

Cester, L., Lyons, A. , Braidotti, M. C. and Faccio, D. (2019) Time-of-flight imaging at 10 ps resolution with an ICCD camera. Sensors, 19(1), 180. (doi: 10.3390/s19010180) (PMID:30621349) (PMCID:PMC6338980)

Lyons, A. , Oren, D., Roger, T., Savinov, V., Valente, J. , Vezzoli, S., Zheludev, N. I., Segev, M. and Faccio, D. (2019) Coherent metamaterial absorption of two-photon states with 40% efficiency. Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 99(1), 011801(R). (doi: 10.1103/physreva.99.011801)

2018

Lyons, A. , Knee, G. C., Bolduc, E., Roger, T., Leach, J., Gauger, E. M. and Faccio, D. (2018) Attosecond-resolution Hong-Ou-Mandel interferometry. Science Advances, 4(5), eaap9416. (doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aap9416) (PMID:29736414) (PMCID:PMC5935478)

Lyons, A. , Roger, T., Westerberg, N. , Vezzoli, S., Maitland, C., Leach, J., Padgett, M. and Faccio, D. (2018) How fast is a twisted photon? Optica, 5(6), pp. 682-686. (doi: 10.1364/OPTICA.5.000682)

2016

Roger, T., Restuccia, S. , Lyons, A. , Giovannini, D., Romero, J., Jeffers, J., Padgett, M. and Faccio, D. (2016) Coherent absorption of N00N states. Physical Review Letters, 117(2), 023601. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.023601)

Clerici, M. , Spalding, G. C., Warburton, R., Lyons, A. , Aniculaesei, C., Richards, J. M., Leach, J., Henderson, R. and Faccio, D. (2016) Observation of image pair creation and annihilation from superluminal scattering sources. Science Advances, 2(4), e1501691. (doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1501691)

Lyons, A. , Clerici, M. , Spalding, G., Warburton, R. E., Aniculaesei, C., Richards, J., Leach, J. and Faccio, D. (2016) Imaging of Superluminal Scattering Sources: Time Reversal, Pair Creation and Annihilation. In: Imaging Systems and Applications 2016, Heidelberg, 25-28 July 2016, ITh3D.3. ISBN 9781943580156 (doi: 10.1364/ISA.2016.ITh3D.3)

2015

Rao, S. M., Lyons, A. , Roger, T., Clerici, M. , Zheludev, N. I. and Faccio, D. (2015) Geometries for the coherent control of four-wave mixing in graphene multilayers. Scientific Reports, 5, 15399. (doi: 10.1038/srep15399) (PMID:26486075) (PMCID:PMC4613863)

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Articles

Lyons, A. , Zickus, V., Alvarez-Mendoza, R., Triggiani, D., Tamma, V., Westerberg, N. , Tassieri, M. and Faccio, D. (2023) Fluorescence lifetime Hong-Ou-Mandel sensing. Nature Communications, 14, 8005. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-43868-x) (PMID:38049423) (PMCID:PMC10696080)

Shah, Y. D. , Dada, A. C. , Grant, J. P. , Cumming, D. R.S. , Altuzarra, C. , Nowack, T. S. , Lyons, A. , Clerici, M. and Faccio, D. (2022) An all-dielectric metasurface polarimeter. ACS Photonics, 9(10), pp. 3245-3252. (doi: 10.1021/acsphotonics.2c00395) (PMID:36281330)

Murray, R. and Lyons, A. (2022) Two-photon interference LiDAR imaging. Optics Express, 30(15), pp. 27164-27170. (doi: 10.1364/OE.461248) (PMID:36236893)

Defienne, H. , Cameron, P., Ndagano, B. , Lyons, A. , Reichert, M., Zhao, J., Harvey, A. R. , Charbon, E., Fleischer, J. W. and Faccio, D. (2022) Pixel super-resolution with spatially entangled photons. Nature Communications, 13, 3566. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-31052-6) (PMID:35732642) (PMCID:PMC9217946)

Ndagano, B. , Defienne, H. , Branford, D., Shah, Y. D. , Lyons, A. , Westerberg, N. , Gauger, E. M. and Faccio, D. (2022) Quantum microscopy based on Hong-Ou-Mandel interference. Nature Photonics, 16(5), pp. 384-389. (doi: 10.1038/s41566-022-00980-6)

Zhao, J., Lyons, A. , Ulku, A. C., Defienne, H. , Faccio, D. and Charbon, E. (2022) Light detection and ranging with entangled photons. Optics Express, 30(3), pp. 3675-3683. (doi: 10.1364/OE.435898) (PMID:35209621)

Defienne, H. , Ndagano, B. , Lyons, A. and Faccio, D. (2021) Polarization entanglement-enabled quantum holography. Nature Physics, 17(5), pp. 591-597. (doi: 10.1038/s41567-020-01156-1)

Turpin, A. , Kapitany, V., Radford, J. , Rovelli, D., Mitchell, K., Lyons, A. , Starshynov, I. and Faccio, D. (2021) 3D imaging from multipath temporal echoes. Physical Review Letters, 126(17), 174301. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.174301)

Callenberg, C., Lyons, A. , den Brok, D., Fatima, A., Turpin, A. , Zickus, V., Machesky, L. , Whitelaw, J., Faccio, D. and Hullin, M.B. (2021) Super-resolution time-resolved imaging using computational sensor fusion. Scientific Reports, 11, 1689. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-81159-x) (PMID:33462284) (PMCID:PMC7813875)

Ndagano, B. , Defienne, H. , Lyons, A. , Starshynov, I. , Villa, F., Tisa, S. and Faccio, D. (2020) Imaging and certifying high-dimensional entanglement with a single-photon avalanche diode camera. npj Quantum Information, 6, 94. (doi: 10.1038/s41534-020-00324-8)

Radford, J. , Lyons, A. , Tonolini, F. and Faccio, D. (2020) Role of late photons in diffuse optical imaging. Optics Express, 28(20), pp. 29486-29495. (doi: 10.1364/OE.402503)

Turpin, A. et al. (2020) Spatial images from temporal data. Optica, 7(8), pp. 900-905. (doi: 10.1364/OPTICA.392465)

Lyons, A. , Tonolini, F., Boccolini, A., Repetti, A., Henderson, R., Wiaux, Y. and Faccio, D. (2019) Computational time-of-flight diffuse optical tomography. Nature Photonics, 13(8), pp. 575-579. (doi: 10.1038/s41566-019-0439-x)

Musarra, G., Lyons, A. , Conca, E., Altmann, Y., Villa, F., Zappa, F., Padgett, M.J. and Faccio, D. (2019) Non-line-of-sight three-dimensional imaging with a single-pixel xamera. Physical Review Applied, 12(1), 011002. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.12.011002)

Cester, L., Lyons, A. , Braidotti, M. C. and Faccio, D. (2019) Time-of-flight imaging at 10 ps resolution with an ICCD camera. Sensors, 19(1), 180. (doi: 10.3390/s19010180) (PMID:30621349) (PMCID:PMC6338980)

Lyons, A. , Oren, D., Roger, T., Savinov, V., Valente, J. , Vezzoli, S., Zheludev, N. I., Segev, M. and Faccio, D. (2019) Coherent metamaterial absorption of two-photon states with 40% efficiency. Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 99(1), 011801(R). (doi: 10.1103/physreva.99.011801)

Lyons, A. , Knee, G. C., Bolduc, E., Roger, T., Leach, J., Gauger, E. M. and Faccio, D. (2018) Attosecond-resolution Hong-Ou-Mandel interferometry. Science Advances, 4(5), eaap9416. (doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aap9416) (PMID:29736414) (PMCID:PMC5935478)

Lyons, A. , Roger, T., Westerberg, N. , Vezzoli, S., Maitland, C., Leach, J., Padgett, M. and Faccio, D. (2018) How fast is a twisted photon? Optica, 5(6), pp. 682-686. (doi: 10.1364/OPTICA.5.000682)

Roger, T., Restuccia, S. , Lyons, A. , Giovannini, D., Romero, J., Jeffers, J., Padgett, M. and Faccio, D. (2016) Coherent absorption of N00N states. Physical Review Letters, 117(2), 023601. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.023601)

Clerici, M. , Spalding, G. C., Warburton, R., Lyons, A. , Aniculaesei, C., Richards, J. M., Leach, J., Henderson, R. and Faccio, D. (2016) Observation of image pair creation and annihilation from superluminal scattering sources. Science Advances, 2(4), e1501691. (doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1501691)

Rao, S. M., Lyons, A. , Roger, T., Clerici, M. , Zheludev, N. I. and Faccio, D. (2015) Geometries for the coherent control of four-wave mixing in graphene multilayers. Scientific Reports, 5, 15399. (doi: 10.1038/srep15399) (PMID:26486075) (PMCID:PMC4613863)

Conference Proceedings

Lyons, A. , Clerici, M. , Spalding, G., Warburton, R. E., Aniculaesei, C., Richards, J., Leach, J. and Faccio, D. (2016) Imaging of Superluminal Scattering Sources: Time Reversal, Pair Creation and Annihilation. In: Imaging Systems and Applications 2016, Heidelberg, 25-28 July 2016, ITh3D.3. ISBN 9781943580156 (doi: 10.1364/ISA.2016.ITh3D.3)

This list was generated on Thu Apr 25 04:41:10 2024 BST.

Research datasets

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Number of items: 11.

2024

Lyons, A. and Murray, R. (2024) Data for 'Two-Photon Interference LiDAR Imaging' - Updated February 2024. [Data Collection]

2023

Lyons, A. , Zickus, V., Alvarez Mendoza, R., Triggiani, D., Tamma, V., Westerberg, N. , Tassieri, M. and Faccio, D. (2023) Fluorescence Lifetime Hong-Ou-Mandel Sensing. [Data Collection]

2022

Shah, Y. D. , Dada, A. , Grant, J., Cumming, D. , Altuzarra, C., Nowack, T. , Lyons, A. , Clerici, M. and Faccio, D. (2022) An all-dielectric metasurface polarimeter. [Data Collection]

Lyons, A. and Murray, R. (2022) Data for 'Two-Photon Interference LiDAR Imaging'. [Data Collection]

2020

Turpin, A. , Kapitany, V., Radford, J., Rovelli, D., Mitchell, K., Lyons, A. , Starshynov, I. and Faccio, D. (2020) 3D imaging from multipath temporal echoes. [Data Collection]

Ndagano, B. , Defienne, H., Lyons, A. , Starshynov, I. , Villa, F., Tisa, S. and Faccio, D. (2020) Imaging and certifying high-dimensional entanglement with a single-photon avalanche diode camera. [Data Collection]

Defienne, H., Ndagano, B. , Lyons, A. and Faccio, D. (2020) Polarisation entanglement-enabled quantum holography. [Data Collection]

2019

Lyons, A. , Oren, D., Roger, T., Savinov, V., Valente, J. , Vezzoli, S., Zheludev, N. I., Segev, M. and Faccio, D. (2019) Coherent metamaterial absorption of two-photon states with 40% efficiency. [Data Collection]

2018

Altuzarra, C., Lyons, A. , Yuan, G., Simpson, C., Roger, T., Ben-Benjamin, J. and Faccio, D. (2018) Metasurface imaging with entangled photons. [Data Collection]

Lyons, A. , Tonolini, F., Boccolini, A., Repetti, A., Henderson, R., Wiaux, Y. and Faccio, D. (2018) Computational time-of-flight diffuse optical tomography. [Data Collection]

Lyons, A. , Roger, T., Westerberg, N., Vezzoli, S., Maitland, C., Leach, J., Padgett, M. and Faccio, D. (2018) How fast is a twisted photon? [Data Collection]

This list was generated on Wed Apr 24 11:13:08 2024 BST.

Dr Ashley Lyons