Current research degree projects
Explore our current postgraduate research degree and PhD opportunities.
454 research degree projects
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Photonics and optoelectronics
Advanced Drivetrain Monitoring through use of Machine Learning and Optical Fibre Speckle Patterns (GE Aerospace)
Embark on a ground-breaking Ph.D. journey poised to revolutionize the field of large aerial drone condition monitoring. -
Photonics and optoelectronics
Disruptive Approach using Additive Manufacture for Optical Fibre Fabrication
This PhD is at the cutting edge of optical fibre technology, pioneer unconventional methods for laser-based glass 3D printing, focusing on tailored materials for highly customized optical devices—a potential industry game-changer. -
Photonics and optoelectronics
Multimode fibre lasers
Multimode optical fibres have recently emerged as a promising breakthrough technology to boost the data transmission speed of the Internet network to unprecedented levels. In these fibres each spatial mode carries an independent data channel, and the interaction (cross-talk) among different modes is a problem to avoid. -
Photonics and optoelectronics
Ultra-stable Hollow core fibre photonics
This project will investigate how the new hollow-core fibres can revolutionize highly-stable lasers, of interest in various fields including accurate time keeping, positioning, or study of Earth seismic activities. -
Photonics and optoelectronics
Novel transmission and processing schemes for ultra-high speed telecommunication signals
The optical fibre communications industry has been facing some significant challenges in recent years. As transmission rates in optical networks constantly increase, and with the concerns over the energy consumption of communication networks becoming ever more relevant, there is a compelling argument for adopting new techniques for the implementation of signal processing of communication signals. On the other hand, the rise in demand for internet traffic is such that necessitates the adoption of new transmission techniques in order to ensure that the available bandwidth is sufficient. -
Photonics and optoelectronics
Novel Photonic Integrated Systems for Application in Optical Communications
This is an opportunity to carry out a PhD at the Communications Systems Lab of the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC). The group has been at the forefront of optical fibre communications since the very earliest days of the field providing several critical contributions, including the invention of the erbium doped fibre amplifier – a device that eliminated fibre loss as the fundamental limiting factor to signal transmission and which is installed in all modern optical communication networks. Optical communications remains by far the largest market for photonics and as such it represents one of the ORC’s primary research areas. -
Photonics and optoelectronics
Integrated polysilicon photonics
This project seeks to develop a simple, low-cost laser materials processing procedure to fabricate high-quality polysilicon photonic platforms that will ease issues associated with optoelectronic integration. -
Photonics and optoelectronics | Physics and astronomy
Coherent femtosecond soft X-ray microscopy
We are looking for a student to join an exciting new project in the field of bio-imaging. The project, recently awarded funding of ~£5M, aims to use laser-generated soft X-ray radiation for coherent imaging of nanoscale biological structures. -
Photonics and optoelectronics
Fabricating the future of telecommunications with hollow core fibres
This project aims to fabricate novel fibres and collaborate with our partners at Microsoft Azure Fiber, owners of one of the world’s largest global communication networks, to jointly create the future of data communications. We will explore, with existing collaborators worldwide, applications of these revolutionary fibres in quantum photonics, space exploration, high energy physics and nuclear fusion. -
Photonics and optoelectronics
Accelerating AI with Low Latency Hollow Core Fibres
Do you aspire to contribute to the forthcoming AI revolution? If so, join the world-leading Hollow Core Fibre group at the University of Southampton, in partnership with Microsoft Azure Fiber, and be part of a ground-breaking research project called “FASTNET”.