Research Projects
CDT research students are engaged on a range of challenging doctoral research projects across the Centre's five main research themes, as shown below. All students are jointly supervised by academic staff from the University of Glasgow and Queen's University Belfast.
Ultra-reliable semiconductor lasers operating in hostile environments
Current Projects:
Semiconductor Lasers for Harsh Environments
Hybrid optical components for advanced quantum systems
GaN blue lasers for photonic integration
Quantum Dot Photonic Crystal Surface Emitting Laser
Development of 25GBIT/S Distributed Feedback (DFB) Laser Devices
Advanced Epitaxial Solutions for Compound Semiconductor Component Integration
Development of a Multispectral Coherent Lidar
Low cost planar lightwave circuit platforms suitable for volume manufacture
Current Projects:
Hybrid Integrated Silicon Photonic Transceiver
Heterogeneous integration of III-V lasers to optical waveguides
Advanced Materials for Photonic Integration
Novel nanoplasmonic devices capable of operating in extreme environments
Current Projects:
Plasmonic Antennas for Extreme Light Concentration and Harvesting
Plasmonic properties of silver fractal nanostructures
Advanced Metrology for Templated Nanostructures
Nanostructured Plasmonic Arrays for Optical Detection
High Thermal Stability Plasmonic Materials - Beyond Noble Metals - for HAMR Antennae
Intermetallic Plasmonic Antennas
Bringing AB-INITIO Design to the Lab: Design of New Plasmonic Materials
Novel Materials Synthesis for HAMR Plasmonics
Atomic scale analysis techniques
Current projects:
Antiferromagnetic Materials for Optical Recording
New Forms of Magnetic Storage: Manipulation of Skyrmion Lattices for Memory and Logic
Developing the Use of Functional Domain Walls in Oxides for Memory Storage Applications
Structure and Ferroic Ordering at Conducting Domain Walls
Reprogrammable Micromagnetic Transport
Making and Characterising Atomic Scale ID P-N Junctions for Nanoscale Logic Gates
Exploring Domain Cross-Talk and Cycling Effects in Polcrystralline Ferroics
Advanced materials for magnetic recording
Current projects:
Thermal effects in nanostructured magnetic materials
Exploring 3D Nanopatterned Structures Fabricated by Plasma FIB
Manipulation and Exploitation of the Dynamic Processes of Skyrmions