About the project
We are looking for candidates interested to investigate the integration of mid-IR sources with Si and Ge waveguides.
The project will involve a range of activities including:
- the design and fabrication of photonic integrated circuits
- characterisation of the fabricated devices
- building and testing of photonics systems
Recently there has been tremendous interest in extending photonics beyond its traditional spectral regions, such as visible light for imaging, and near-infrared ‘light’ for telecommunications.
The mid-infrared region with wavelengths beyond 3 µm has great potential for important application areas such as environmental sensing, homeland security and medicine. However, today performance of photonics components (such as light sources, modulators, waveguides, and detectors) operating in the mid-infrared region needs significant improvement to be of practical interest in the above-mentioned applications.
The project will involve close collaboration with Sheffield University where the sources will be fabricated. These sources will be integrated and characterised in Southampton.
