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Quantum Hub (Birmingham)

Staff

Lead researcher

Doctor Tim Freegarde

Senior Lecturer

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Other researchers

Professor Peter G.R. Smith

Professor in Electronics & Comp Science

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Doctor James Gates MPhys, PhD

Principal Research Fellow

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Doctor Peter Horak

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Theory and simulation of nonlinear and quantum optics
  • Laser pulse propagation and manipulation in optical fibres

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Professor Corin Gawith

Professorial Fellow-Enterprise

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Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Photonic Systems Circuits and Sensors Group

We're a multidisciplinary group working on disciplines ranging from silicon photonics to distributed optical fibre sensors.

Quantum, Light and Matter Group

Studying nanoscale properties of matter and the applications in nanoscience and quantam technology.

Research outputs

Grating-induced slow-light enhancement of second harmonic generation in periodically poled crystals
Thomas, Edward Maybour,
Devin H Smith,
& Peter Horak
, 2022 , Physical Review A , 105 (1)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.105.013517
Type: article
213 nm laser written waveguides in Ge-doped planar silica without hydrogen loading
Paul C. Gow,
Qazi Ahmed,
Paolo Mennea,
Rex Bannerman,
Alexander Jantzen,
Christopher Holmes,
James C. Gates,
Corin Gawith,
& Peter G.R. Smith
, 2020 , Optics Express , 28 (21) , 32165--32172
DOI: 10.1364/OE.402762
Type: article
Four-port integrated waveguide coupler exploiting bi-directional propagation of two single-mode waveguides
Mathias, John Weisen,
James Gates,
Corin Gawith,
Peter G.R. Smith,
& Peter Horak
, 2020
DOI: 10.1117/12.2555127
Type: conference
Tilted Bragg gratings as an efficient platform for integrated multimode interference devices
Peter Horak,
Mathias, John Weisen,
James Gates,
Corin Gawith,
& Peter G R Smith
, 2019
DOI: 10.1109/ICTON.2019.8839999
Type: conference
Low-loss wavelength-selective integrated waveguide coupler based on tilted Bragg gratings
Mathias J. Weisen,
Matthew T. Posner,
James C. Gates,
Corin B.E. Gawith,
Peter G.R. Smith,
& Peter Horak
, 2019 , Journal of the Optical Society of America B , 36 (7) , 1783--1791
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.36.001783
Type: article
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