Our Work

The interaction between light and electronics is central to many devices in common use; these include bar code readers (lasers), infra-red security cameras (photodetectors), solar cells and optical modulators for telecommunications signals. We are researching into ways of improving the performance of a wide range of optoelectronic devices. Some projects are funded by industry and others by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), the Royal Society, Wolfson Foundation, Leverhulme Trust or EU grants.

Current projects include:

• Theoretical Semiconductor Physics and Optoelectronic Device Modeling

• QWIPs for Gas Sensing in the Mid-IR

• Blue-shifting Optical Modulators

• Quantum Dots

• DOMINO (Antimonides Quantum-Dots for Mid-Infrared Nanophotonic Devices)