Current research degree projects
Explore our current postgraduate research degree and PhD opportunities.
270 research degree projects
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Photonics and optoelectronics | Engineering | Chemistry | Geography and environmental science
Advanced sensors for planetary missions and astrophysics
Are you ready to embark on a journey of otherworldly research? Do you want to be part of the space revolution that is pushing the frontiers of humankind and helping us understand our world and our climate? If so, then join the world-leading Hollow Core Fibre group at the University of Southampton and develop advanced sensors that are enabling the next generation of space missions. -
Photonics and optoelectronics
A quantum leap for quantum technology
Are you ready to take a quantum leap in your career? Join the Hollow Core Fibre group at the University of Southampton, in partnership with Microsoft Azure Fiber, and help create the optical fibres necessary for quantum technologies to become a reality. -
Photonics and optoelectronics
High-power fibre lasers for visible wavelengths
This PhD project aims to investigate a route to high-power visible sources through cladding pumping of RE-doped silica fibres using GaN-LDs. -
Photonics and optoelectronics
Integrated ultra-high-Q ring resonators
Integrated ring resonators are a key component in photonics and will be an enabling technology in several areas, including the stabilisation of atom trap clocks, rotation sensors and narrow-linewidth lasers. -
Photonics and optoelectronics | Electronics and computer science
High-performance computer simulation of laser-driven X-ray microscopy
New femtosecond fibre laser-based ultrafast pulse sources and novel hollow-core optical fibres have the potential to produce brighter and shorter-wavelength X-ray pulses. This project will investigate theoretically and numerically how these new sources can be developed and optimised, in parallel with the experimental work in our labs. -
Biological sciences | Photonics and optoelectronics | Engineering | Physics and astronomy
High-performance ultrafast fibre lasers for biomedical applications
This project will focus on investigation of advanced mode-locked techniques to realize high-performance ultrafast fibre lasers. -
Photonics and optoelectronics
Fibre laser based mid infrared sources and their applications
The project will create a world leading femto/pico-second pulsed fibre laser source as well as advanced nonlinear frequency conversion techniques, overcoming the technical challenges that currently limiting progress in the field. -
Photonics and optoelectronics
Ultra-stable Hollow core fibre photonics
This project will investigate how the new hollow-core fibres can revolutionize highly-stable lasers, of interest in various fields including accurate time keeping, positioning, or study of Earth seismic activities. -
Photonics and optoelectronics
Integrated polysilicon photonics
This project seeks to develop a simple, low-cost laser materials processing procedure to fabricate high-quality polysilicon photonic platforms that will ease issues associated with optoelectronic integration. -
Photonics and optoelectronics | Physics and astronomy
Coherent femtosecond soft X-ray microscopy
We are looking for a student to join an exciting new project in the field of bio-imaging. The project, recently awarded funding of ~£5M, aims to use laser-generated soft X-ray radiation for coherent imaging of nanoscale biological structures.