photonic PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Technologies for optogenetic neural interfacing

University of Strathclyde Institute of Photonics

The ability to express light-sensitive proteins (opsins) in neurons, in a genetically-targeted fashion, has helped transform our understanding of how the brain functions. Read more

Supervisors: Prof K Mathieson, Dr SS Sakata

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Innovative and manufacturable approaches to exploiting low cost-per-Watt diode-laser pumping of Ti:sapphire

University of Strathclyde Institute of Photonics

Summary of Project. Titanium sapphire lasers are an enabling scientific and industrial tool across applications from biological imaging to quantum technologies. Read more

Supervisors: Prof A Kemp, Dr J Hastie

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Ocean Diagnostics: Development of a detection system for ocean biology monitoring using integrated silicon nitride fluorescence spectroscopy

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Thalia Dominguez Bucio, Frederic Gardes, Rand Ismaeel, Matthew Mowlem . Project description. Read more

Supervisor: Dr T Dominguez Bucio

31 August 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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CDT-QTE: Quantum Sensor Network

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Dr Bruce Ou, Dr Alberto Politi, Prof Jize Yan . Project description. This project is part of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Quantum Technology Engineering at the University of Southampton. Read more

Supervisor: Dr B Ou

31 August 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Topological Metamaterials for Optical Wave Control

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Dongyang Wang, Nikolay Zheludev . Project Description. The Project. Topological photonics is a rising field of research that implements topological ideas with optical materials. Read more

Supervisor: Dr D Wang

31 August 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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High-power, single-mode interdigitated slow photon laser diodes

University of Adelaide School of Chemical Engineering

Project Description. Lasers for directed energy (DE) capabilities provide high-precision directionality and a significant reduction in the recurring cost of kinetic weapons. Read more

Supervisor: Assoc Prof AS Santos

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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New concepts and advanced materials for quantum nanophotonics

University of Sheffield Department of Physics and Astronomy

Research Group: Inorganic Semiconductors

After the discovery of two-dimensional (2D) atomically thin carbon crystal, graphene, a very large family of layered 2D “van der Waals materials” came to light, called after the van der Waals forces holding together their atomic planes. Read more

Supervisor: Prof A Tartakovskii

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Quantum photonics based on single photon emitters

University of Technology Sydney Faculty of Science

The Quantum Materials and Nanophotonics Group at University of Technology Sydney (UTS) is offering PhD scholarships for experimental and theoretical projects in solid-state quantum photonics. Read more

Supervisor: Prof MT Toth

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Semiconductor devices for nonlinear photonics and applications

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Project title. Semiconductor devices for nonlinear photonics and applications . Supervisory Team: Prof Anna Peacock and Prof Radan Slavik. Read more

Supervisor: Prof A Peacock

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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High-performance Ultrafast Fibre Lasers for Biomedical Applications

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Dr Lin Xu, Dr Yongmin Jung . Project Description. Ultrafast lasers providing femtosecond pulses are enabling a rapidly increasing range of applications in science and industry, including physics, chemistry, medicine, biology, and materials processing. Read more

Supervisor: Dr L Xu

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Unlocking the Future of High-Capacity Ground-to-Satellite Communications

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Dr. Kyle Bottrill, Dr. Yongmin Jung, and Prof. Periklis Petropoulos . Project Description. High-capacity ground-to-satellite communications have long relied on microwaves for data transmission, as they have since the very first communications satellites were launched. Read more

Supervisor: Dr K Bottril

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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AI directed laser synthesis, patterning and manufacture of 2D TMDC nanodevices

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Dr Pier Sazio, Dr Ioannis Zeimpekis, Dr Nikitas Papasimakis. Project description. Read more

Supervisor: Dr P Sazio

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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2-micron integrated photonics

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Jacob Mackenzie, Goran Mashanovich, Colin Mitchell. Project description. Integrated photonics has come of age, enabled by nano-fabrication technologies. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J I MacKenzie

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Advanced crystal-film engineering

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Jacob Mackenzie. Project description. Novel crystalline photonic devices offer exciting opportunities for creating efficient lasers and manipulating the properties of light. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J I MacKenzie

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Development of on-chip spectrometer

Aberdeen University School of Natural and Computing Sciences

These projects are open to students worldwide, but have no funding attached. Therefore, the successful applicant will be expected to fund tuition fees at the relevant level (home or international) and any applicable additional research costs. Read more

Supervisor: Dr K Debnath

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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We have 84 photonic PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

photonic PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 84 photonic PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Technologies for optogenetic neural interfacing

Innovative and manufacturable approaches to exploiting low cost-per-Watt diode-laser pumping of Ti:sapphire

Ocean Diagnostics: Development of a detection system for ocean biology monitoring using integrated silicon nitride fluorescence spectroscopy

CDT-QTE: Quantum Sensor Network

Topological Metamaterials for Optical Wave Control

High-power, single-mode interdigitated slow photon laser diodes

New concepts and advanced materials for quantum nanophotonics

Quantum photonics based on single photon emitters

Semiconductor devices for nonlinear photonics and applications

High-performance Ultrafast Fibre Lasers for Biomedical Applications

Unlocking the Future of High-Capacity Ground-to-Satellite Communications

AI directed laser synthesis, patterning and manufacture of 2D TMDC nanodevices

2-micron integrated photonics

Advanced crystal-film engineering

Development of on-chip spectrometer

We have 84 photonic PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

photonic PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 84 photonic PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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