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Research project

Networked Quantum Information Technologies

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor James Gates MPhys, PhD

Professor of Photonic Engineering
Connect with James

Email: J.Gates@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Dr Peter Horak

Associate Professor
Research interests
  • Theory and simulation of nonlinear and quantum optics
  • Laser pulse propagation and manipulation in optical fibres
  • Quantum technology, integrated optics, optical resonators
Connect with Peter

Email: peh@orc.soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Research outputs

Retroreflective surface optimization for optical cavities with custom mirror profiles
William J. Hughes & Peter Horak, 2026, Physical Review A, 113(3), 033305
DOI: 10.1103/mzj8-r92j
Type: article
Profile control of fibre-based micro-mirrors using adaptive laser shooting with in-situ imaging
Shaobo Gao, Vishnu Kavungal, Shuma Oya, Daichi Okuno, Ezra Kassa, William J. Hughes, Peter Horak & Hiroki Takahashi, 2025, Optics Express, 33(18), 39009-39022
DOI: 10.1364/OE.564341
Type: article
Integrating optical micro-cavities with ion traps: fabrication and characterization of fibre-based Fabry-Perot cavities and conductive mirrors
Shaobo Gao, Vishnu Kavungal, Shuma Oya, Daichi Okuno, Ezra Kassa, William Hughes, Tatsuki Yamasaki, Peter Horak & Hiroki Takahashi, 2025
Type: conference
Alignment properties of finite-size and non-spherical optical microresonators
William J. Hughes, Thomas H. Doherty, Jacob A. Blackmore, Joseph F. Goodwin & Peter Horak, 2024
DOI: 10.1109/ICTON62926.2024.10647905
Type: conference
Numerical simulation of multimode nonlinear optics: the nonlinear Schrödinger equation
Peter Horak, 2024
Type: conference
Alignment sensitivity of optical microcavities with finite-size and non-spherical mirrors
W.J. Hughes, T.H. Doherty, J.A. Blackmore, J.F. Goodwin & P. Horak, 2024
DOI: 10.1364/QUANTUM.2024.QW3A.37
Type: conference
Optimizing finite-time photon extraction from emitter-cavity systems
W.J. Hughes, J.F. Goodwin & P. Horak, 2024, Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 41(8), 168-180
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.523924
Type: article