About the project
This project will explore novel topological transport based on metamaterial or nanostructure design, aiming to deliver recipes for building topological optical devices.
Topological photonics is a rising field of research that implements topological ideas with optical materials. Such topological materials support unidirectional or defect-immune electromagnetic wave propagation, which is favoured by future photonic technologies.
Join a strong international team of students, postdoctoral and academic staff working together on aspects of cutting-edge nanophotonics research in our Nanophotonics research group.
We seek to understand, control and utilise light and light-matter interactions at the sub-wavelengths scale. A remarkable range of new phenomena is found in this regime, with wide-ranging potential applications in, for example, telecommunications, metrology, sensing, defence, super-resolution imaging, and data storage.
Our work is supported by major nanophotonics research grants from the EPSRC (£5.5M) and the European Research Council (€2.6M).
You will have opportunity to develop advanced skills in experimental photonics, computational electromagnetic modelling, application of machine learning and AI, electron and optical microscopy, and nanofabrication.
It is expected that students will publish several papers in leading academic journals and present their work at major international conferences, as their research progresses.
The Optoelectronics Research Centre
The ORC is a world-leading photonics research organization. With over 90 state-of-the-art laboratories and a diverse community of around 200 researchers working in all areas of optics and photonics, it provides an outstanding interdisciplinary environment for students to grow.
Our extensive training programme provides knowledge and skills through photonics lectures, training for report writing, project management, time management, presentation skills and full safety training for your research area. These are all essential life skills for the next step in your career.
Find out more about the Optoelectronics Research Centre.
