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Research project

Laser Technologies for Future Manufacturing

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Michalis Zervas PhD

Professor of Optical Communications
Connect with Michalis

Email: mnz@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Robert Eason

Connect with Robert

Email: rwe@orc.soton.ac.uk

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 Jayanta Sahu

Professorial Fellow-Research
Connect with Jayanta

Email: jks@orc.soton.ac.uk

Professor Andy Clarkson

Professor of Optoelectronics Research
Connect with Andy

Email: wac@orc.soton.ac.uk

Professor Gilberto Brambilla

Associate Dean International
Connect with Gilberto

Email: gb2@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 Johan Nilsson

Professor of Optoelectronics
Connect with Johan

Email: jn@orc.soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Research outputs

Predictive visualisation of high repetition rate femtosecond machining of silica using deep learning
Ben Mills, James A. Grant-Jacob & Michalis N. Zervas, 2023, Optical Materials Express, 13(12), 3641-3652
DOI: 10.1364/OME.505746
Type: article
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)
James A. Grant-Jacob, 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
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