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Research & Innovation

Photonics & Nanotechnology

The research in the group involves the development and applications of advanced photonic technologies and of novel nanomaterials to address modern challenges in photonic and quantum technologies, new nanostructured materials, sensing, imaging and clean energy. The group adopts an interdisciplinary approach to provide leading-edge research in optical, mechanical and structural properties of nanostructures and nanoparticles. We combine expertise in nanofabrication, laser science, nonlinear optics, sensing, advanced imaging techniques and numerical modelling.

The research is centred around three overarching themes:

Functional nanoparticles and nanostructures
Nanophotonics, metamaterials and plasmonics
Ultrafast optics and optomechanics

Members

Wayne Dickson

Wayne Dickson

Senior Lecturer

Mark Green

Mark Green

Professor

Samjid Mannan

Samjid Mannan

Professor

James Millen

James Millen

Lecturer

Aliaksandra Rakovich

Aliaksandra Rakovich

Research Fellow

David Richards

David Richards

Vice-Dean Research

Francisco Rodríguez Fortuño

Francisco Rodríguez Fortuño

Senior Lecturer

Anatoly Zayats

Anatoly Zayats

Professor

Amelle Zaïr

Amelle Zaïr

Lecturer

Cellular Imaging using Emission-Tuneable Conjugated Polymer Nanoparticles 06 November 2019

Spontaneous photon-pair generation from a dielectric nanoantenna 04 November 2019

Toward Near-Field Unidirectional Excitation... and Beyond 05 October 2019

Amplitude and phase control of guided modes excitation from a single dipole source: engineering far- and near-field directionality 25 September 2019

Polarization dependence of second harmonic generation from plasmonic nanoprism arrays 01 December 2019

Low molecular weight PEG-PLGA polymers provide a superior matrix for conjugated polymer nanoparticles in terms of physicochemical properties, biocompatibility and optical/photoacoustic performance 25 July 2019

Single nanowire spectrometers 06 September 2019

Lateral optical force on linearly polarized dipoles near a magneto-optical surface based on polarization conversion 13 August 2019

Near-field directionality beyond the dipole approximation: Electric quadrupole and higher-order multipole angular spectra 31 July 2019

Double-pulse characterization by self-referenced spectral interferometry 31 July 2019

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Seminars

The P&N seminars normally take place on Wednesdays at 14.00. All are welcome to attend.

Our partners

Major collaborations include:

London Centre for Nanotechnology