Our Students

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Project Title: Development of the technologies and techniques required to increase the repetition rate of high energy lasers

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Owen Anderson

Project Title: An Investigation into the analysis of Computed Tomography images using Deep Learning methods

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Andreas Aßmann

Project Title: Arrayed LiDAR signal analysis for automotive applications

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Christopher Blackwell

Project Title: Holographic 3D Displays

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James Brooks

Project Title: Novel Dynamics in Mid-IR Solid-state lasers

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Kyle Brown

Project Title: Novel concepts for high performance opto-mechanical line of sight pointing applications

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Natalie Bruce

Project Title: Hybrid UV LED/elastomeric bio-instrumentation

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Rachel Cannon

Project Title: Miniaturised high-reliability lasers for Quantum Technologies

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Stuart Clark

Project Title: Hybrid Optical-Digital Coherence Tomography

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Tamer Cosgun

Project Title: Development of Fibre-Based Gas Sensors for Inaccessible Locations

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Jamie Coyle

Project Title: Compact and Low-cost Ultrashort pulse laser sources

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Jonathan Crabb

Project Title: Next Generation Optical Communications for Satellites

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Matthew Daykin

Project Title: Machine learning of an anatomical atlas for computed tomography medical imaging

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Mariastefania De Vido

Project Title: Development and application of high-energy, high pulse repetition rate diode-pumped solid state lasers

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Leonardo Del Bino

Project Title: Microresonator-based optical frequency combs

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Thomas Dyer

Project Title: Development & Integration of Optically Interrogated Diagnostics within Materials Ageing Experiments

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Paulo Ercolino

Project Title: New Concepts for compact LIDAR systems

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Louise Finlayson

Project Title: Fluorescence imaging, diagnosis, and photodynamic therapy for brain tumours

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Natalie Flaherty

Project Title: Image Processing for situational awareness in urban environments

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Jamie Foubister

Project Title: Retinal scanning ophthalmoscope characterisation and optimisation

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Riccardo Geremia

Project Title: Industrial Laser Microprocessing and Process Optimisation

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Giovanni Giuliano

Project Title: Underwater optical communication systems

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Russell Gordon

Project Title: Automated extraction & characterisation of 3D defects from 2D data sets

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Ben Gore

Project Title: Adaptive optics and aberrations correction for super-resolution microscopy

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Paul Harrison

Project Title: Development, Production and Characterisation of Laser-Machined Micro-Optics

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Liam Henwood-Moroney

Project Title: Novel Components, Systems and Subsystems for Biomedical Imaging

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Calum Hill

Project Title: Fibre Laser Technology for Challenging Applications

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Vladimirs Horjkovs

Project Title: Robust high dynamic range transducers for surface form and finish

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Dominic Hunter

Project Title: Chip-Scale Atomic Magnetometer for Ultra-Low Magnetic Field Detection

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James Jackson

Project Title: Optical Fibre Sensing for Offshore Renewable Energy

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Eilidh Johnston

Project Title: Photonics in Life and Health

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Victor Juanco Muller

Project Title: Graph Convolutional Neural Networks for Medical Image Analysis

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Antanas Kascenas

Project Title: Learning from diverse data for Clinical Decision Support

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Ellis Kelly

Project Title: Stand-off, SPAD-enhanced Ultra-Violet Raman Spectroscopy

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Matthew Knights

Project Title: Laser surface modification for control of functional materials deposited by inkjet

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Alexandra Lee

Project Title: Development of a novel single photon quantum key detection (QKD) optical ground station for secure satellite based communications.

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Aneta Lisowska

Project Title: Machine learning from medical images: from photons to phenotype

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Jack Marston

Project Title: Photonic sensing within civil nuclear infrastructure for lifetime extension and long-term structural health monitoring of de-commissioned plant

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Daniel Marwick

Project Title: Diffraction Analysis for Particle Sizing

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Anna Michalska

Project Title: Precision distance measurement for a harsh environment

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Ben Michie

Project Title: Distributed temperature and strain sensing within metallic ALM structures

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Stavros Misopoulos

Project Title: Design and Build of a High Specification Extended FTIR Spectrometer

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Rowan Pocock

Project Title: Advanced optical coupling solutions for datacenter transceiver platforms

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Gary Quinn

Project Title: Development of a diode-pumped solid-state laser system operating at 10 J, 100 Hz.

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Michael Reilly

Project Title: High power and high energy lasers: new materials, laser device architectures and laser beam modelling

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Gabriel Reines-March

Project Title: An investigation and development of techniques to improve cancer treatment through multi-modality image registration using a non-linear deformable model

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Nicholas-Alexander Smith

Project Title: Compact wind LIDAR: towards hand held remote sensing of wind

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Neil Stevenson

Project Title: High Power, Mid- and Deep-infrared Frequency Combs

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Bence Szutor

Project Title: Single-Frequency Laser Engineering at Exotic Wavelengths for Quantum Technologies

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Jack Thomas

Project Title: Continuous-wave, pump-enhanced OPOs based on SDL pump sources

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Bethany Thompson

Project Title: Multitask Deep Learning from Images for Clinical Decision Support

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Juan Pedro Vilar

Project Title: Laser Surface Engineering for Enhanced Functional Performance

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Peter Wakeford

Project Title: Automatic image quality assurance and root cause prediction of scanning systems

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Calvin Wan

Project Title: Miniature Phase Grating interferometer contact gauge /high speed phase shifting interferometric gauge

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David Webster

Project Title: Kelvin Probe and Ambient Photoemission Measurements of Organic and Hybrid Semiconductors.

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Paul White

Project Title: Ultrashort-Pulse Optical Frequency Combs for Quantum Technologies and Sensing

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Michael Woodley

Project Title: Interaction between Counter-propagating Light

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Hollie Wright

Project Title: Frequency-comb metrology for manufacturing II: Developing dual-comb distance metrology concepts and applications

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Suki Yau

Project Title: Biomedical imaging and signal processing for the intra-operative detection of cancerous tissue