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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

Dr James A. Grant-Jacob

Senior Research Fellow-ORC advanced
Research interests
  • high harmonic generation and phase retrieval
  • laser-induced forward transfer (LIFT)
  • pulsed laser deposition, laser fabrication, laser machining
Connect with James A.

Email: J.A.Grant-Jacob@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Research outputs

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
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
Optimisation and real-time control of femtosecond laser machining via deep learning
Benjamin Mills, James Grant-Jacob, Matthew Praeger, Yunhui Xie & Michael N. Zervas, 2023
Type: conference