About the project
This project will study the generation, propagation and interaction with matter of “Flying Toroids” - a new type of light pulses. It aims to advance optics and electromagnetism in the first radically new direction to emerge since Hertz, Marconi, Popov and Tesla originally developed technology for generating, detecting, and communicating with transverse electromagnetic waves.
You’ll join a strong international team of students, and postdoctoral and academic staff working together on aspects of cutting-edge nanophotonics research, seeking to understand, control and use light and light-matter interactions at the sub-wavelengths scale. A remarkable range of new phenomena is found in this regime, with wide-ranging potential applications in:
- telecommunications
- metrology
- sensing
- defence
- super-resolution imaging
- data storage
Our work is supported by major nanophotonics research grants from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) (£5.5M) and the European Research Council (€2.6M).
You will have opportunity to develop advanced skills in:
- experimental photonics
- computational electromagnetic modelling
- application of machine learning and AI
- electron and optical microscopy
- nanofabrication
We expect students to publish papers in leading academic journals and present their work at major international conferences as their research progresses.
Learn more about our Nanophotonics Research Group
The Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC)
The ORC is a world-leading photonics research organisation. With over 90 state-of-the-art laboratories and 200 researchers working in all areas of photonics, it provides an outstanding interdisciplinary environment for students to grow.
Our extensive training and mentoring programme provides knowledge and skills through:
- photonics lectures
- skills training for report writing
- project management
- time management
- presentation skills and full safety training for your research area.
These are all essential life skills for the next step in your career.
