About
Corin Gawith is a Professorial Fellow Enterprise at the University of Southampton where he holds the Covesion / Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair on Nonlinear Optical Materials by Ultra-Precision Machining. He is also Co-Founder and CTO of the Southampton spin-out company Covesion Ltd, a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, and member of the EPSRC College.
Corin's research interests focus on the development of manufacturing processes for nonlinear optical materials for wavelength conversion; a photonics technology used to change the wavelength (colour) of lasers, enabling new applications in quantum technologies, defence, sensing, and laser displays. His work is primarily based on academic-industrial collaborations with funding support from Innovate UK, the Royal Academy of Engineering, EPSRC, DSTL, the European Commission, the British Council, the Newton Fund, and direct industrial contracts.
Corin collaborates on some of the UK's largest quantum technology projects, including the EPSRC Quantum Technology Hub for Networked Quantum Information Technology (2014-2019), the EPSRC Quantum Technology Hub for Sensors & Metrology (2014-2019), the EPSRC Quantum Technology Hub for Quantum Enhanced Imaging (2019-2024), and the Innovate UK quantum technology flagship projects QT Assemble (2020-2023), Pioneer Gravity (2018-2021) and Cold Atom Space Payload (CASPA) (2017-2019).
In 2008, he Co-Founded the University of Southampton spin-out company Covesion Ltd to commercialise his research on Magnesium-doped Periodically Poled Lithium Niobate (MgO:PPLN). He was seconded to Covesion from 2009-2014, establishing the company from start up to profitable business. In his ongoing role as CTO, Corin coordinates an academic-industrial research team developing new technologies and products, often supported by funding from Innovate UK.
In 2003, Corin Co-Founded the Southampton spin-out company, Stratophase Ltd (2003-2018) to develop systems for biochemical sensing.
Research
Research groups
Current research
Royal Academy of Engineering 1718639 Research Chair in Nonlinear Optical Materials by Ultra-Precision Machining
Innovate UK 1004412 ISCF Calcium Ion Frequency Standard (CIFS)
Innovate UK 50414 ISCF QT ASSEMBLE
Innovate UK 600531 / EUROSTARS E114926 Next generation Wavelength Meters for the Mid-Infrared Enabled by Upconversion in Waveguides (NEW-VIEUW)
Innovate UK 10002790 High Rate of Entangled Photons (HiREP)
Innovate UK 10001664 Blue Laser Integration with Networked Quantum-Memories (BLINQ)
Innovate UK 133994 Mid-IR Upconversion Single Photon Detection (MIRUS)
Innovate UK 133980 Space-certified Nonlinear Optics for Rugged Quantum Lasers (SNORQL)
Innovate UK 104613 ISCF PIONEER GRAVITY
Innovate UK 102805 & EPSRC EP/P034160/1 Cold Atom Space Payload (CASPA)
Innovate UK 104000 & EPSRC EP/R041636/1 Establishing Supply Chains for Emergent Quantum Computers (ESCHER)
Innovate UK 104163 Polarisation Entangled Photon Emitter (PEPE)
Innovate UK 102668 Quantum Waveguides for Indistinguishable Single Photon Sources (QWISPS-2)
Innovate UK 131877 Quantum Waveguides for Indistinguishable Single Photon Sources (QWISPS)
Innovate UK 130570 Tuning Out the Matrix – High Energy Lasers for Biomedical Imaging
Innovate UK AF014L Compact Frequency Converters – From RGB to Emission Effusiometry (CFC-FREE)
Innovate UK K2515A High Energy Laser Projection Systems (HELPS)
Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Partnership 11034 with Covesion Ltd
Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Partnership 9534 with Covesion Ltd
Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Partnership 8758 with Covesion Ltd
EPSRC EP/T00097X/1 Quantum Technology Hub in Quantum Imaging (QuantiC)
EPSRC EP/M013294/1 Quantum Technology Hub for Sensors & Metrology
EPSRC EP/M013243/1 Quantum Technology Hub for Networked Quantum Information Technology (NQIT)
EPSRC EP/J008052/1 Integrated Photonic Materials and Devices
EPSRC EP/I003835/1 Multi-wavelength tunable lasers for gas spectroscopy
EPSRC GR/S50700/01 Zinc Waveguide Enhanced Periodically Poled Lithium Niobate (ZEPPLiN)
EPSRC & DSTL 1992656 PhD CASE Studentship on Quasi-Phase-Matched Materials for Active Sensing in the Midinfrared Waveband
EPSRC & Covesion 1992620 PhD CASE Studentship on Development of High-Performance Nonlinear Optical Materials
European Commission 511406 Ultrafast Technology for Multicolour Compact High-Power Fiber Systems (URANUS)
European Commission 244068 FET Coherently Enhanced Raman One-Beam Stand-off Spectroscopic Tracing of Airborne Pollutants (CROSS-TRAP)
British Council & Newton Fund DTC16033 Dengue Tech Challenge
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Biography
Corin's research focuses on the development of manufacturing processes for nonlinear optical materials used in wavelength conversion, a photonics technology used to change the wavelength of lasers to enable new applications in quantum technologies, defence, sensing, and laser displays. His work is primarily based on academic-industrial collaborations with funding support from Innovate UK, the Royal Academy of Engineering, EPSRC, DSTL, the European Commission, the British Council, the Newton Fund, and direct industrial contracts.
Corin collaborates on some of the UK's largest quantum technology projects, including Innovate UK quantum technology flagship projects QT Assemble (2020-2024), Pioneer Gravity (2018-2021) and Cold Atom Space Payload (CASPA) (2017-2019) and the EPSRC Quantum Technology Hub for Quantum Enhanced Imaging (2019-2024), the EPSRC Quantum Technology Hub for Sensors & Metrology (2014-2019), and the EPSRC Quantum Technology Hub for Networked Quantum Information Technology (2014-2019).
In 2018, Corin was awarded the 10-year Covesion / Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair in Nonlinear Optical Materials by Ultra-Precision Machining.
In 2008, he Co-Founded the University of Southampton spin-out company Covesion Ltd to commercialise his research on Magnesium-doped Periodically Poled Lithium Niobate (MgO:PPLN). He was seconded to Covesion from 2009-2014, establishing the company from start up to profitable business. In his ongoing role as CTO, Corin coordinates an academic-industrial research team developing new technologies and products, often supported by funding from Innovate UK.
In 2003, Corin Co-Founded the Southampton spin-out company, Stratophase Ltd (2003-2018) to develop systems for biochemical sensing.