Optical Physics (light) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Optimising the delivery of light into Electron Paramagnetic Resonance samples

The University of Manchester Department of Chemistry

Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) is a magnetic resonance method that can be used to study any systems containing unpaired electrons. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Bowen, Prof D Collison, Dr A Golovanov, Dr R Stein

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Developing novel light-induced in-situ Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) methods

The University of Manchester Department of Chemistry

Light-induced in-situ Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) studies are a growing field in both continuous wave and pulsed EPR. It can be used to monitor photoactivated chemical and biochemical reactions involving radical reagents, projects or intermediates. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Bowen, Prof D Collison, Dr A Golovanov

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

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Polychromatic optical singularities

King’s College London Department of Physics

Starting from the early 1990s, a quiet revolution has been taking place in optics, coming from a growing realization that one can get a huge amount of information about the propagation of a beam of light by understanding the nature and position of the optical singularities in the beam. Read more

Supervisor: Dr EP Pisanty

1 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Light in time-dependent metamaterials

Imperial College London Department of Physics

Metamaterials have revolutionised the way we control light waves. Essentially, by engineering the diffraction of light on sub-wavelength scales, one can design new exotic materials and novel applications, for example flat lenses, invisibility cloaks and negative refraction. Read more

Supervisor: Prof R Sapienza

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Computational Light Microscopy — Making the Invisible Visible

University of Dundee School of Science and Engineering

Light is a most versatile tool to study life. Optical microscopy opens a unique window into the inner workings of biological development without interfering with its delicate processes. Read more

Supervisors: Dr T Vettenburg, Dr M MacDonald

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Theory of generation of bright attosecond pulses

King’s College London Department of Physics

The creation of the shortest duration, attosecond, light pulses has been celebrated by the Nobel Prize in Physics 2023 [1]. The application of such pulses increases the temporal resolution that physical processes, such as electronic dynamics in atoms, molecules and condensed matter, can be observed with. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Khokhlova

1 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Quantum GaN-O-Photonics

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Physics and Astronomy

This project will develop quantum light sources operating at room temperature by using nanophotonics to deliver a practical quantum technology. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Bennett, Dr JH Hadden, Dr GK Klemencic

24 June 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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PhD in Advanced Light-Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy

Imperial College London Department of Physics

Light-sheet fluorescence microscopy (LSFM) is a high-speed 3D fluorescence imaging method capable of imaging at up to 1000s of frames per second and 10s of volumes per second. Read more

Supervisor: Prof C Dunsby

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

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Ultrafast laser spectroscopy: using light to study materials on femtosecond timescales

University of Salford School of Science, Engineering and Environment

Information on this PhD research area can be found further down this page under the details about the Widening Participation Scholarship given immediately below. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Leontiadou

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

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Metamaterials and Nano-Machines Driven with Light

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Eric Plum, Nikolay Zheludev. Project description. The balance among elastic, electromagnetic and quantum forces changes dramatically at the nanometre scale. Read more

Supervisor: Dr E Plum

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

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CDT-QTE: Qubit transmission: Connecting single photon sources with emerging hollow core optical fibres

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Prof Radan Slavik, Dr Yongmin Jung, Prof Francesco Poletti. 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: Prof R Slavik

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

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CDT-QTE: Molecular design of rare-earth-ion complexes for quantum light-matter interactions on nanophotonic platforms

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Dr Patrick Ledingham, Alberto Politi. 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 P Ledingham

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

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Shaping light at the nanoscale with dielectric nanoantennas

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Massimiliano Guasoni (supervisor), Cosimo Lacava (co-supervisor). Project description. In the last decade, nanophotonics has emerged as one of the most important research fields in optics. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Guasoni

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

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Picophotonics: The Science of Light-Matter Interactions at Sub-atomic Scale

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Kevin MacDonald, Nikolay Zheludev. Project description. Read more

Supervisor: Prof K MacDonald

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

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PhD Students (f/m/d) for super-resolution microscopy-based investigations of the glycocalyx

Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light PhD Opportunities

The Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light research covers a wide range of topics, including nonlinear optics, quantum optics, nanophotonics, photonic crystal fibres, optomechanics, quantum technologies, biophysics, and links between physics and medicine. Read more

Supervisor: Dr LM Möckl

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

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We have 113 Optical Physics (light) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Optical Physics (light) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 113 Optical Physics (light) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Optimising the delivery of light into Electron Paramagnetic Resonance samples

Developing novel light-induced in-situ Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) methods

Polychromatic optical singularities

Light in time-dependent metamaterials

Computational Light Microscopy — Making the Invisible Visible

Theory of generation of bright attosecond pulses

Quantum GaN-O-Photonics

PhD in Advanced Light-Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy

Ultrafast laser spectroscopy: using light to study materials on femtosecond timescales

Metamaterials and Nano-Machines Driven with Light

CDT-QTE: Qubit transmission: Connecting single photon sources with emerging hollow core optical fibres

CDT-QTE: Molecular design of rare-earth-ion complexes for quantum light-matter interactions on nanophotonic platforms

Shaping light at the nanoscale with dielectric nanoantennas

Picophotonics: The Science of Light-Matter Interactions at Sub-atomic Scale

PhD Students (f/m/d) for super-resolution microscopy-based investigations of the glycocalyx

We have 113 Optical Physics (light) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Optical Physics (light) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 113 Optical Physics (light) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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