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Research project

Integrated Photonics

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Robert Eason

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Email: rwe@orc.soton.ac.uk

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
Connect with Jacob

Email: jim@orc.soton.ac.uk

Professor Peter G.R. Smith

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

Email: Peter.Smith@soton.ac.uk

Emeritus Professor James Wilkinson PhD, CEng, FIET, FInstP, FIEEE

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Email: jsw@ecs.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.

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
Isotropic contractive scaling of laser written microstructures in vitrified aerogels
Nikolaos A. Vainos, Vagelis Karoutsos, Ben Mills, Robert W. Eason & Michel Prassas, 2016, Optical Materials Express, 6(12), 3814-3825
DOI: 10.1364/OME.6.003814
Type: article
Joint dimming control and transceiver design for MIMO-aided visible light communication
Baolong Li, Rong Zhang, Wei Xu, Chunming Zhao & Lajos Hanzo, 2016, IEEE Communications Letters, 20(11), 2193-2196
DOI: 10.1109/LCOMM.2016.2598326
Type: article
Temperature-dependent spectroscopy and microchip laser operation of Nd:KGd(WO4)2
P. Loiko, S. Yoon, J.M. Serres, X. Mateos, S. Beecher, R.B. Birch, V.G. Savitski, A.J. Kemp, K. Yumashev, U. Griebner, V. Petrov, M. Aguiló, F. Díaz & J. Mackenzie, 2016, Optical Materials, 58, 365-372
DOI: 10.1016/j.optmat.2016.06.005
Type: article
Laser direct-write for fabrication of three-dimensional paper-based devices
Peijun He, Ioannis Katis, Robert Eason & Collin Sones, 2016, Lab on a Chip, 16, 3296-3303
DOI: 10.1039/c6lc00789a
Type: article