Martin Booth

Professor of Electrical Engineering

My research interests lie in the theory and practice of dynamic optics, particularly the use of adaptive optical elements in high resolution microscopy and ultrafast laser fabrication. My group is based jointly in the Department of Engineering Science and the Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour.

Common adaptive elements, such as liquid crystal spatial light modulators (SLMs) and membrane deformable mirrors, may be used for the dynamic manipulation of the properties of an incident beam of light. This has many useful applications, notably for the correction of any aberrations present in an optical system that may degrade its performance. A primary application area is the compensation of specimen induced aberrations in high resolution microscopy.

More generally I am interested in optical systems for microscopy (mainly for biomedical applications such as neuroscience), laser-based microfabrication, and related areas such as optical tweezers and optical data storage. Most of these projects involve the application of active and adaptive optics for aberration correction, beam control and enhancement of other system capabilities.

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Research area Biophotonics Imaging Materials and Devices

Research interests Adaptive optics Holography Microscopy Nanofabrication Super resolution microscopy

Department Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics Engineering Science

Stuart Mackenzie

Professor of Chemistry, Head of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory

My research in photonics revolves around the development of novel spectroscopic techniques applied to a variety of interesting scientific problems.

Stephen Morris

Professor of Engineering Science

I am interested in the development and fabrication of novel optoelectronic devices based upon organic and inorganic me

Peter Norreys

Professorial Research Fellow

My research interests are: high energy density plasma physics; inertial fusion; novel particle accelerators; extreme field science

Dominic O'Brien

Professor of Engineering Science

My interests lie in the field of optical communications. Through advances in visible light communications, we aim to gain improvements in the bandwidth and/or efficiency of a data network.

Armin Reichold

Reader in Particle Physics

My research interests lie in the field of optical metrology, encompassing absolute distance measurement systems and fibre based interferometry.

Moritz Riede

Professor of Soft Functional Nanomaterials

Our work focus's on organic semiconductor materials and organic photovoltaics

Grant Ritchie

Professor of Chemistry

My research interests lie in ultrasensitive absorption spectroscopy and optical manipulation.

Jens Rittscher

Professor of Engineering Science

Our research is aimed at enhancement our understanding of complex biological processes through the analysis of image data.

Patrick Salter

Associate Professor in Photonic Engineering

Dr Patrick Salter is working on using short pulse laser fabrication to manufacture new functional devices.

Ekaterina Shamonina

Professor of Engineering Science

My research covers metamaterials, electrodynamics, plasmonics, nanophotonics and microwave optics.