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Research project

Integrated Photonics

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Robert Eason

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Other researchers

Dr Jacob Mackenzie

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Waveguide amplifiers and lasers
  • Cryogenically cooled lasers for peak and average power scaling
  • Ultra-fast high repetition rate compact lasers
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Email: [email protected]

Professor Peter G.R. Smith

Professor in Electronics & Comp Science
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Emeritus Professor James Wilkinson PhD, CEng, FIET, FInstP, FIEEE

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Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Photonic Systems, Circuits and Sensors Group

Our group’s research in photonics is helping the development of critical global technologies.

Nanophotonics Group

We perform fundamental optical physics and materials research. This is critical for the discovery and development of new and improved optoelectronic technologies.

Research outputs

Rapid bespoke laser ablation of variable period grating structures using a digital micromirror device for multi-colored surface images
Daniel Heath, Ben Mills, Matthias Feinäugle & Robert W. Eason, 2015, Applied Optics, 54(16), 4984-4988
DOI: 10.1364/AO.54.004984
Type: article
Waveguide lasers in ytterbium-doped tantalum pentoxide on silicon
A. Aghajani, G.S. Murugan, N.P. Sessions, V. Apostolopoulos & J.S. Wilkinson, 2015, Optics Letters, 40(11), 2549-2552
DOI: 10.1364/OL.40.002549
Type: article
456mW graphene Q-switched Yb:yttria waveguide laser by evanescent-field interaction
Amol Choudhary, Stephen J. Beecher, Shonali Dhingra, Brian D'Urso, Tina Parsonage, James Grant-Jacob, Ping Hua, Jacob I. Mackenzie, Robert W. Eason & David P. Shepherd, 2015, Optics Letters, 40(9), 1912-1915
DOI: 10.1364/OL.40.001912
Type: article
Dynamic spatial pulse shaping via a digital micromirror device for patterned laser-induced forward transfer of solid polymer films
Daniel J Heath, Matthias Feinäugle, James Grant-Jacob, Ben Mills & Robert W. Eason, 2015, Optical Materials Express, 5(5), 1129-1136
DOI: 10.1364/OME.5.001129
Type: article
Laser-based patterning for fluidic devices in nitrocellulose
Peijun He, Ioannis Katis, Robert W. Eason & Collin L. Sones, 2015, Biomicrofluidics, 9(2), 1-10
DOI: 10.1063/1.4919629
Type: article