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Integrated Photonics

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Robert Eason

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

Professor Peter G.R. Smith

Professor in Electronics & Comp Science

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

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

Near-infrared, mode-locked waveguide lasers with multi-GHz repetition rates
A. Choudhary,
A.A. Lagatsky,
Z.Y. Zhang,
K.J. Zhou,
Q. Wang,
R.A. Hogg,
K. Pradeesh,
E.U. Rafailov,
W. Sibbett,
C.T.A. Brown,
& D.P. Shepherd
, 2014
DOI: 10.1117/12.2035639
Type: conference
Q-switched operation of a pulsed-laser-deposited Yb:Y2O3 waveguide using graphene as a saturable absorber
Amol Choudhary,
Shonali Dhingra,
Brian D'Urso,
Tina Parsonage,
Katherine A. Sloyan,
Robert W. Eason,
& David P. Shepherd
, 2014 , Optics Letters , 39 (15) , 4325--4328
DOI: 10.1364/OL.39.004325
Type: article
Compositional tuning of yttrium iron garnet film properties by multi-beam pulsed laser deposition
Alberto Sposito,
Gavin B.G. Stenning,
Simon A. Gregory,
P.A.J. de Groot,
& Robert W. Eason
, 2014 , Thin Solid Films , 568 , 31--37
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2014.08.001
Type: article
Rapid and mask-less laser-processing technique for the fabrication of microstructures in polydimethylsiloxane
C.L. Sones,
I.N. Katis,
B. Mills,
M. Feinäugle,
Ali Mosayyebi,
J. Butement,
& R.W. Eason
, 2014 , Applied Surface Science , 298 , 125--129
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2014.01.138
Type: article
Spectroscopy of ytterbium-doped tantalum pentoxide rib waveguides on silicon
A. Aghajani,
G.S. Murugan,
N.P. Sessions,
S.J. Pearce,
V. Apostolopoulos,
& J.S. Wilkinson
, 2014 , Optical Materials Express , 4 (8) , 1505--1514
DOI: 10.1364/OME.4.001505
Type: article