Optical Physics (funding) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Environment Diagnosis using Intelligent Optical Sensing

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Rand Ismaeel, Martynas Beresna, Christopher Holmes. Project description. Global climate change is the biggest challenge faced by humanity. Read more

Supervisor: Dr R Ismaeel

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

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Terahertz Guiding Polymer Fibres for Next Generation Data Transfer

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Gilberto Brambilla, Martynas Beresna, Timothy Lee. Project description. Most of our digital data is coming via an optical fibre in form of short optical pulses. Read more

Supervisor: Dr G Brambilla

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

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Mid-infrared hollow-core fibre and laser development for environmental monitoring, non-invasive surgery and advanced manufacturing

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

In this project we will develop hollow-core optical fibres (HCFs) for mid-infrared laser delivery. HCFs offer a radically new solution for laser delivery as they guide light in a gas-filled core, instead of the glass in conventional optical fibres. Read more

Supervisor: Dr N Wheeler

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

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Accelerating AI with Low Latency Hollow Core Fibres

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

PhD Opportunity. Accelerating AI with Low Latency Hollow Core Fibres. Read more

Supervisor: Dr G Mahdiraji

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

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Fabricating the Future of Telecommunications with Hollow Core Fibres

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Dr Ian Davidson, Dr Ghafour Amouzad Mahdiraji, Prof Francesco Poletti. Project description. Read more

Supervisor: Dr I Davidson

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

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NEXT GENERATION MINIATURIZED OPTICAL SOURCES

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Massimiliano Guasoni (supervisor), Cosimo Lacava (co-supervisor). Project description. This PhD project aims to open new frontiers in nanophotonics by designing and fabricating a new class of miniaturized optical sources. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Guasoni

Year round applications 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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Multimode fibre lasers

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Massimiliano Guasoni, Lin Xu, David Richardson. Project description. Multimode optical fibres have recently emerged as a promising breakthrough technology to boost the data transmission speed of the Internet network to unprecedented levels. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Guasoni

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

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Integrated polysilicon photonics

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Prof Anna Peacock, Prof David Thomson, Prof Harold Chong. Project description. Silicon materials are synonymous with the microelectronics industry and the processors in everyday gadgets such as mobile phones, tablets, digital radios and televisions. Read more

Supervisor: Prof A Peacock

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

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Ultra-stable Hollow Core Fibre Photonics

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory team: Prof. Radan Slavik, Prof. Francesco Poletti, Dr. Meng Ding. Project description. Read more

Supervisor: Prof R Slavik

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

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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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Novel transmission and processing schemes for ultra-high speed telecommunication signals

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Professor Periklis Petropoulos, Dr Kyle Bottrill. Project description. The optical fibre communications industry has been facing some significant challenges in recent years. Read more

Supervisor: Prof P Petropoulos

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

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Artificial Optical Nervous System

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Ali Masoudi & Gilberto Brambilla. Project description. The study of the mechanical properties of any large, complex structures such as a space launch vehicle or Earth’s crust relies on a large array of sophisticated and, often, expensive sensors. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Masoudi

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

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Photoreactor Modelling, Design and Fabrication

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Dr Pier Sazio (ZI/ORC), Dr Lindsay Armstrong (Eng). Project description. A PhD position is available as part of a new Centre of Excellence called Light and Electrochemical Activated Processes for Chemical Industries (LEAP). Read more

Supervisor: Dr P Sazio

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

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