School of Physics & Astronomy

Photonics Research

Photonics Research at St Andrews

The School undertakes research in both theoretical and experimental areas of photonics. There is a significant interaction with industrial organisations, part of which is led by our Photonics Innovation Centre. We provide links below to the pages maintained by the various research groups.

Ultrashort pulse laser

Laser Physics & Technology

Ultrashort pulse lasers
Nonlinear optics
Photonics innovation centre

Nikon microscope specially adapted for biophotonics

Biophotonics & Optical Manipulation

Biophotonics collaboration
Optical trapping

Single-molecule biophysics

Semiconductor material engineered in the School for photonic waveguiding

Nanotechnology

Synthetic Optics

Photonic crystals and microphotonics

Nano-colloids

Slow Photon Light Activated Switch (SPLASH)

Organic semiconductor centre

Polymer light emitters

Semiconductor Optoelectronics

Polymer optoelectronics



Theoretical model of guiding light using metamaterials to create an invisibility cloack

Quantum Optics & Information

Experimental quantum optics

Theoretical quantum optics

Theoretical quantum information

Quantum degenerate gases

Quantum optics & information

Passive mm-wave sensing creates an image of a hand with temperature coding


mm-Wave & High-Field ESR

Millimetre-wave physics and THz technology

High-field EPR

Parametric THz generation

Terahertz instrumentation

Three of the many research team leaders in photonics in the School - Prof Dholakia, Dr Korolkova, Prof Samuel

Team Leaders

The link on the person's name below brings up the research profile of that person held by the University; the topic areas listed below link to the relevant group web pages.

Pascal Andre - Nano-colloids

Tom Brown - Ultrashort pulse lasers, biophotonics

Donatella Cassettari - Quantum degenerate gases

Kishan Dholakia - Optical trapping, biophotonics

Andrea Di Falco - Synthetic Optics

Malcolm Dunn - Nonlinear optics

Frieder Koenig - Experimental quantum optics

Natalia Korolkova - Theoretical quantum optics and information

Thomas Krauss - Photonic crystals, microphotonics, biophotonics

Ulf Leonhardt - Theoretical quantum optics

Carlos PenedoEsteiro - Single molecule biophotonics

Cameror Rae - Photonics Innovation Centre

Ifor Samuel - Organic semiconductors, biophotonics

Wilson Sibbett - Ultrashort pulse lasers, biophotonics

Graham Smith - Millimetre wave physics, high field ESR

Graham Turnbull - Organic lasers

 

Last updated BDS 25.8.11