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Research project

Engineered photonic qubits for integrated optical quantum computing networks

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Peter G.R. Smith

Professor in Electronics & Comp Science
Connect with Peter G.R.

Email: Peter.Smith@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Optical Engineering and Quantum Photonics Group

Led by Professor Peter Smith, our group specialises in the development and manufacture of novel optoelectronic devices for applications in quantum technology, integrated optical sensors and laser optics. 

Photonic Systems, Circuits and Sensors Group

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

Research outputs

Chip-based array of near-identical, pure, heralded single-photon sources
Justin B. Spring, Paolo L. Mennea, Benjamin J. Metcalf, Peter C. Humphreys, James C. Gates, Helen L. Rogers, Christoph Soller, Brian J. Smith, W. Steven Kolthammer, Peter G.R. Smith & Ian A. Walmsley, 2017, Optica, 4(1), 90-96
DOI: 10.1364/OPTICA.4.000090
Type: article
External cavity diode laser based upon an FBG in an integrated optical fiber platform
Stephen Lynch, Christopher Holmes, Sam Berry, James Gates, Alexander Jantzen, Teresa Ferreiro & Peter G.R. Smith, 2016, Optics Express, 24(8), 8391-8398
DOI: 10.1364/OE.24.008391
Type: article
Direct UV written planar Bragg gratings that feature zero fluence induced birefringence
Christopher Holmes, Peter Cooper, Harendra N.J. Fernando, Andreas Stroll, James C. Gates, Chirenjeevi Krishnan, Roger Haynes, Paolo L. Mennea, Lewis G. Carpenter, Corin B.E. Gawith, Martin M. Roth, Martin D. Charlton & Peter G.R. Smith, 2015, Measurement Science and Technology, 26(12)
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/26/12/125006
Type: article
Flat fibre and femtosecond laser technology as a novel photonic integration platform for optofluidic based biosensing devices and lab-on-chip applications: current results and future perspectives
Kyriacos Kalli, Christos Riziotis, Andreas Posporis, Christos Markos, Charalambos Koutsides, Sumiaty Ambran, Andrew Webb, Christopher Holmes, James C. Gates, Jayanta K. Sahu & Peter G.R. Smith, 2015, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 209, 1030-1040
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2014.12.003
Type: article
Nanoscale roughness micromilled silica evanescent refractometer
Lewis Carpenter, Peter Cooper, Christopher Holmes, Corin B.E. Gawith, James C. Gates & Peter G.R. Smith, 2015, Optics Express, 23(2), 1005-1014
DOI: 10.1364/OE.23.001005
Type: article