High-purity rare-earth complexes for preparation of ultra-high power fibre optic lasers
University of Southampton
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Updated: 1 July 2026
Supervisory Team. Dr Richard Knighton, Prof. Geoffrey Hyett and Prof. Jayanta Sahu. The preparation of molecular rare-earth (lanthanide) complexes for chemical vapour deposition (CVD) is key to the development of rare-earth doped optical fibres for high-powered lasers. Read more
Supervisor: Dr RK Knighton
31 July 2026
PhD Research Project
Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)