Research project

Integrated Photonics

Research groups:

Nanophotonics Group
Lead researcher:

Professor Robert Eason
Other researchers:

Dr Jacob Mackenzie,

Professor Peter G.R. Smith,

Emeritus Professor James Wilkinson
Research funder:

EPSRC
Status:

Not active

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Robert Eason

Connect with Robert

Email: rwe@orc.soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

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 Peter G.R. Smith

Professor in Electronics & Comp Science

Connect with Peter G.R.

Email: Peter.Smith@soton.ac.uk

Emeritus Professor James Wilkinson PhD, CEng, FIET, FInstP, FIEEE

Connect with James

Email: jsw@ecs.soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Nanophotonics Group

We perform fundamental optical physics and materials research. This is critical for the discovery and development of new and improved optoelectronic technologies.

Photonic Systems, Circuits and Sensors Group

Our group’s research in photonics is helping the development of critical global technologies.

Research outputs

Measurement of energy transfer upconversion in Nd:YAG via the z-scan technique

R. Yan,

S.J. Yoon,

S.J. Beecher,

& J.I. Mackenzie

, 2014

DOI: 10.1117/12.2054307

Type: conference

Quantum teleportation on a photonic chip

Benjamin J. Metcalf,

Justin B. Spring,

Peter C. Humphreys,

Nicholas Thomas-Peter,

Marco Barbieri,

W.Steven Kolthammer,

Xian-Min Jin,

Nathan K. Langford,

Dmytro Kundys,

James C. Gates,

Brian J. Smith,

Peter G.R. Smith,

& Ian A. Walmsley

, 2014 , Nature Photonics , 8 , 770--774

DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2014.217

Type: article

Ar⁺ ion milling rib waveguides on nonlinear optical (Yb,Nb):RTP/RTP epitaxial layers

J. Cugat,

A. Choudhary,

R. Solé,

J. Massons,

D.P. Shepherd,

F. Díaz,

& M. Aguiló

, 2013 , Optical Materials Express , 3 (11) , 1912--1917

DOI: 10.1364/OME.3.001912

Type: article

Fundamentally mode-locked, femtosecond waveguide oscillators with multi-gigahertz repetition frequencies up to 15 GHz

Alexander A. Lagatsky,

Amol Choudhary,

Kannan Pradeesh,

David P. Shepherd,

Wilson Sibbett,

& Christian T.A. Brown

, 2013 , Optics Express , 21 (17) , 19608--19614

DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.019608

Type: article

Fundamentally mode-locked Yb³⁺ doped glass waveguide lasers with repetition rate of up to 15.2 GHz

Amol Choudhary,

A.A. Lagatsky,

Kannan Pradeesh,

W. Sibbett,

C.T.A. Brown,

& D.P. Shepherd

, 2013

DOI: 10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2013.6801078

Type: conference