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Laser-Engineered Silicon

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Anna Peacock

Professor of Photonics

Research interests

  • Nonlinear Optics
  • Fibre optics
  • Silicon Photonics
Other researchers

Professor Harold Chong

Professor of Electronic Engineering

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.

Research outputs

Laser recrystallization and inscription of compositional microstructures in crystalline SiGe-core fibres
David Coucheron,
Michael Fokine,
Nilesh Patil,
Dag Werner Breiby,
Ole Tore Buset,
Noel Healy,
Anna C. Peacock,
Thomas Hawkins,
Max Jones,
John Ballato,
& Ursula Gibson
, 2016 , Nature Communications , 7
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13265
Type: article
Semiconductor optical fibers for nonlinear applications
Anna C. Peacock,
Li Shen,
Fariza Suhailin,
Natasha Vukovic,
& Noel Healy
, 2016
DOI: 10.1117/12.2217502
Type: conference
CO2 laser-induced directional recrystallization to produce single crystal silicon-core optical fibers with low loss
Noel Healy,
Michael Fokine,
Yohann Franz,
Thomas Hawkins,
Maxwell Jones,
John Ballato,
Anna C. Peacock,
& Ursula J. Gibson
, 2016 , Advanced Optical Materials , 4 (7) , 1004--1008
DOI: 10.1002/adom.201500784
Type: article
Silicon photonics: some remaining challenges
R. Topley,
A.Z. Khokhar,
D.J. Thomson,
S. Stanković,
S. Reynolds,
Xiao Chen,
N. Soper,
C.J. Mitchell,
Y. Hu,
L. Shen,
G. Martinez-Jimenez,
N. Healy,
S. Mailis,
A.C. Peacock,
M. Nedeljković,
F.Y. Gardes,
J. Soler Penadés,
C. Alonso-Ramos,
A. Ortega-Moñux,
G. Wangüemert-Pérez,
I. Molina-Fernández,
P. Cheben,
& G.Z. Mashanovich
, 2016 , Proceedings of SPIE , 9751
DOI: 10.1117/12.2218124
Type: article
Towards in-fiber silicon photonics
Antoine Runge,
Noel Healy,
John Ballato,
Ursula Gibson,
& Anna C. Peacock
, 2016
DOI: 10.1364/ACOFT.2016.AM3C.1
Type: conference