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Research project

Lasers that Learn

Staff

Lead researchers

Dr Ben Mills

Principal Research Fellow
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Email: bm602@orc.soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Robert Eason

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Email: rwe@orc.soton.ac.uk

Professor Mahesan Niranjan

ISIS Chair
Connect with Mahesan

Email: mn@ecs.soton.ac.uk

Dr Matthew Praeger

Senior Research Fellow
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Email: mattp@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Nanophotonics Group

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

Vision, Learning and Control

Our work covers a range of technological areas from control, to machine learning and computer vision.

Research outputs

Real-time control of laser materials processing using deep learning
James A. Grant-Jacob, Ben Mills & Michael N. Zervas, 2023, Manufacturing Letters, 38, 11-14
DOI: 10.1016/j.mfglet.2023.08.145
Type: article
Indirect imaging of laser processing using plasma (invited)
2023, AILU: The Laser User
Type: review
Acoustic and plasma sensing of laser ablation via deep learning
James Grant-Jacob, Benjamin Mills & Michael N. Zervas, 2023, Optics Express, 31(17), 28413-28422
DOI: 10.1364/OE.494700
Type: article
Predictive visualization of fiber laser cutting topography via deep learning with image inpainting
Alexander F. Courtier, Matthew Praeger, James A. Grant-Jacob, Christophe Codemard, Paul Harrison, Michalis Zervas & Ben Mills, 2023, Journal of Laser Applications, 35(3)
DOI: 10.2351/7.0000957
Type: article
Visualizing laser ablation using plasma imaging and deep learning
James A. Grant-Jacob, Benjamin Mills & Michael N. Zervas, 2023, Optics Continuum, 2(7), 1678-1687
DOI: 10.1364/OPTCON.495923
Type: article