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Research project

Physics & Tech of Photonic Metadevices & Metasystems

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Nikolay Zheludev

Professor of Physics & Astronomy
Connect with Nikolay

Email: niz@orc.soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Emeritus Professor Brian Hayden

Connect with Brian

Email: B.E.Hayden@soton.ac.uk

Dr Eric Plum

Principal Research Fellow
Connect with Eric

Email: erp@orc.soton.ac.uk

Professor David Richardson FREng, FRS

Research interests

  • Hollow Core Optical Fibres
  • Optical Communications
  • High Power Fibre Lasers
Connect with David

Email: djr@orc.soton.ac.uk

Professor Otto Muskens

Professor of Physics

Research interests

  • Programmable photonic circuits using ultralow loss phase change materials.
  • Infrared metasurfaces for radiative cooling and defence applications.
  • Deep learning and AI enabled nanophotonic design.
Connect with Otto

Email: O.Muskens@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Electrochemistry

A well-established world-class group researching energy charge transfer that affects many facets of life.

Nanophotonics Group

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

Quantum, Light and Matter Group

Our research group examines the connections between physics, chemistry and engineering.

Research outputs

Plasmonic anapole metamaterial for refractive index sensing
Jin Yao, Jun-Yu Ou, Vassili Savinov, Mu Ku Chen, Hsin Yu Kuo, Nikolay Zheludev & Din Ping Tsai, 2022, PhotoniX, 3(1)
DOI: 10.1186/s43074-022-00069-x
Type: article
Nano-opto-mechanical nonlinearity in metamaterials
Jinxiang Li, Dimitrios Papas, Jun-Yu Ou, Eric Plum, Kevin F. MacDonald & Nikolai Zheludev, 2022
Type: conference
Experimental observations of thermal fluctuations of metamaterial optical properties
Dimitrios Papas, Jinxiang Li, Tongjun Liu, Jun-Yu Ou, Kevin F. MacDonald, Eric Plum & Nikolai Zheludev, 2022
Type: conference
Metamaterial analogue of continuous time-crystal
Tongjun Liu, Jun-Yu Ou, Kevin F. MacDonald & Nikolai Zheludev, 2022
Type: conference
Wafer-Scale 200 mm Metal Oxide Infrared Metasurface with Tailored Differential Emissivity Response in the Atmospheric Windows
Kai Sun, Evangelos Vassos, Xingzhao Yan, Callum Wheeler, James Churm, Peter R. Wiecha, Simon A. Gregory, Alex Feresidis, Cornelis H. de Groot & Otto L. Muskens, 2022, Advanced Optical Materials, 10(17)
DOI: 10.1002/adom.202200452
Type: article