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Optical Physics PhD Projects, Programs & Scholarships
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u-Care: Pushing the limits of surgical precision with new ultrafast laser sources
Cancers at an early-stage of disease lend themselves to minimally invasive surgery with potential advantages in terms of patient survivability and better preservation of normal function. Read more
u-Care: Novel femtosecond fibre lasers for deep ultraviolet light generation
This PhD project is focussed on the development of a new class of deep ultraviolet light sources based on novel mode-locked fibre laser architectures and nonlinear optics in gas-filled hollow-core fibres. Read more
u-Care: New routes to the deep ultraviolet
This PhD project is focussed on the exploration and development of new techniques for efficient generation of deep ultraviolet light based on nonlinear optics in gas-filled hollow-core fibres. Read more
u-Care: Development of deep UV light therapies
The germicidal properties of UV light at wavelengths of around 254 nm have long been known. Unfortunately, this wavelength is also mutagenic to mammalian cells, a fact that has prevented its use in medical therapies where the light would come into contact with human tissues. Read more
u-Care: Exploring DNA damage mechanism at molecular, sub cellular, cellular, and multicellular levels
With the increased use of lasers in medicine comes the challenges to assess genotoxicity and mutagenicity to identify hazardous effects of novel laser sources. Read more
u-Care: Unravelling the mystery of deep UV light
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Centre for Inflammation Research
We are seeking an outstanding physics/chemistry/engineering student with excellent optical laboratory skills to design and develop UV illumination systems for biological assays. Read more
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Terahertz quantum cascade lasers
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School of Electronic & Electrical Engineering
The terahertz frequency range sits between the microwave and mid-infrared regions of the electromagnetic spectrum, but has long resisted exploitation owing… Read more
Highly adaptable photonic quantum interfaces: wavelength and bandwidth conversion
The University of Bath is inviting applications for the following funded PhD project commencing in October 2022. The goal of this PhD project is to develop optical fibre devices to allow increased connectivity and flexibility in quantum information networks of the future. Read more
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) - Sample-adaptive smart microscopy (Cairn Research and University of Glasgow)
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CDT in Applied Photonics
3D timelapse microscope imaging of biological samples is revolutionising biology, unlocking the ability to directly witness events such as cell-cell interactions whose location in time and space cannot be predicted in advance. Read more
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Sample-Adaptive Smart Microscopy
3D timelapse microscope imaging of biological samples is revolutionising biology, unlocking the ability to directly witness events such as cell-cell interactions whose location in time and space cannot be predicted in advance. Read more
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Beating-heart microscopy technologies for biomedical applications
In microscope imaging, the beating of the heart produces dramatic motion that swamps subtle effects in individual cells. This project will develop optical and computational technologies to enable imaging in the heart itself as effectively as if we could “freeze time” and look at a stationary object. Read more
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) - Distributed gamma dosimetry with fibre-optic cables (Cavendish Nuclear and University of Strathclyde)
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CDT in Applied Photonics
This project will develop fibre-optic sensors for remote, distributed gamma dosimetry. The aim is to use state-of-the-art approaches in sensor hardware and software development to produce a measurement system which can distinguish between gamma ray energies over a high measurement range. Read more
Doctor of Engineering (EngD) - LED-based gas sensing platform for the detection of leaks of new refrigerants (Edinburgh Instruments and Heriot-Watt University)
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CDT in Applied Photonics
The UK’s Net Zero targets can only be met by 2050 by drastically reducing carbon emissions and limiting the use of greenhouse gases and F-gases. Read more
Doctor of Engineering (EngD) - Evaluation of compact & low-cost sensing for rapid for bio-medical & consumer healthcare using processing & machine learning techniques (STMicroelectronics and University of Strathclyde)
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CDT in Applied Photonics
The emerging field of personal healthcare and biomedical data analysis rely on advanced sensing and signal processing to extract useful information. Read more
Doctor of Engineering (EngD) - Optical sensing of electronic interactions in two-dimensional semiconductors using a novel cryogenic surface force apparatus (Razorbill Instruments and Heriot-Watt University)
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CDT in Applied Photonics
The project will harness the state-of-the-art expertise in instrument design and engineering of. Razorbill Instruments. , based in Edinburgh, and the expertise in two-dimensional materials and optical spectroscopy at the. Read more
