Key facts
- We are a 50 person group with £11M in current grants
- Our research covers the wavelength range from UV to THz
- We have state of the art facilities for modelling and characterisation of III-V and group IV photonics devices
- Prestigious EPSRC Leadership, EPSRC Advanced Research, and Royal Society Research Fellowships have been awarded to our group members.
- Recent research highlights include: quantum superposition of electron orbits in phosphorous doped silicon, demonstration of fast optical modulators, erasable gratings and mid-infrared devices in silicon, and development of efficient photovoltaics for laser power transfer applications.
Latest News
- Times of India Article featuring Professor Stephen Sweeney
- Stephen Sweeney appears in The Sunday Times
- Low loss silicon waveguides for sensing, medicine and communications
- The curious case of a cat and a quantum computer - Schrödinger's cat in a silicon chip
- Locally erasable Bragg gratings in silicon waveguides