Optical Physics (early years) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 18 Optical Physics (early years) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Fully funded PhD studentship: Towards rapid and early cancer diagnostics at the point of care using machine learning assisted vibrational spectroscopy

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Prof. Senthil Murugan Ganapathy. Project description. Cancer continues to be one of the most prevalent diseases worldwide. Read more

Supervisor: Prof S Ganapathy

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

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Early Detection and Stratification of Dementia using Transformative Non-Invasive Holistic Optical Biomarker Technology in Biofluids

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Professor Sumeet Mahajan, Professor Amrit Mudher, Professor Chris Kipps. Project description. Globally, there is a growing and a huge unmet need for tools and technologies that allow rapid, affordable and accurate dementia diagnosis. Read more

Supervisor: Prof S Mahajan

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

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Physics and Applications of Semiconductor Quantum-Dot Spin Qubits

University of Sussex School of Mathematical & Physical Sciences

PhD studentship in the Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Group. Type of award. Postgraduate Research. PhD project. The Project. Read more

Supervisor: Dr EC Chekhovich

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

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Development of Fibre-Enabled, Distributed Gas Sensing for Environmental and Industrial Monitoring

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Dr Natalie Wheeler, Prof Radan Slavík, Dr Martynas Beresna. Project Description. We are looking for a new PhD student to join our growing team, working on the design and development of next generation optical fibres to enable novel distributed gas sensing networks. Read more

Supervisor: Dr N Wheeler

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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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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Fully funded PhD studentship: 2D Material enhanced ATR and Raman chips for biomedical sensing applications

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Prof. Senthil Murugan Ganapathy. Project description. There is an urgent need for diagnostic tools capable of swiftly delivering results directly at patients' bedsides and within doctors' practices. Read more

Supervisor: Prof S Ganapathy

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

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CDT-QTE: Low-Loss Photonic Memories for Quantum Networks

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Dr James Gates, Dr Rex Bannerman. 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 J Gates

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

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CDT-QTE: Parametric Photonics for Quantum Technologies

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Prof Corin Gawith, Dr Goronwy Tawy. 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 C Gawith

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

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CDT-QTE: Manufacture of atom and ion traps via ultra-precision diamond machining

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Dr James Gates, Dr Paul Gow. 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 J Gates

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

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Hollow core optical fibres embedded with 2D materials

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

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

Supervisor: Dr P Sazio

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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Laser-based fabrication of medical diagnostic devices in paper

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

The focus of our group’s research is the development of user-friendly sensors or devices for affordable and rapid clinical diagnostic testing at the point-of-care (POC) of a patient, i.e., at their hospital bedside or in a care/nursing home, or in ambulance or at home. Read more

Supervisor: Dr C Sones

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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Doctor of Engineering (EngD) - Ophthalmic imaging with time and spectral resolution (Occuity Ltd and University of Strathclyde)

Heriot-Watt University School of Engineering & Physical Sciences

Research Group: CDT in Applied Photonics

The project aims to develop a data processing analysis pipeline for retinal imaging ophthalmoscopes with spectral and time-resolved measurement capabilities, to detect signatures of severe diseases from ophthalmic data. Read more

Supervisors: Prof D Reid, Dr D Li

31 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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We have 18 Optical Physics (early years) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Optical Physics (early years) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 18 Optical Physics (early years) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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