PhD Studentship: Next Generation High Power Fibre Lasers in the Visible and Ultraviolet Wavelength Bands

Supervisory Team: Prof Andy Clarkson and Dr Jacob MackenzieProject descriptionScaling laser power in the visible and ultraviolet (UV) bands remains as one of the most significant challenges facing laser scientists, motivated by the needs of a growing number of applications in areas such laser processing of materials, medicine, sensing and defence....

Supervisory Team: Prof Andy Clarkson and Dr Jacob MackenzieProject descriptionScaling laser power in the visible and ultraviolet (UV) bands remains as one of the most significant challenges facing laser scientists, motivated by the needs of a growing number of applications in areas such laser processing of materials, medicine, sensing and defence....

PhD Supervisors: Andy Clarkson and Jacob MackenzieSupervisory Team: Prof Andy Clarkson and Dr Jacob MackenzieProject description:A fully funded PhD project with a stipend of £23,600 (tax-free) p.a. is available to investigate power scaling approaches for fibre lasers operating in the two-micron wavelength band. Two-micron fibre laser technology has the...

PhD Supervisor: Johan NilssonSupervisory Team: Prof Johan Nilsson, Dr William Kerridge-JohnsProject descriptionThis project combines state of the art optical fibre laser amplifiers with machine learning control to produce next-generation lasers. These "smart" phased-array lasers promise to revolutionise materials processing and other important near-term and...

PhD Supervisor: Jacob MackenzieSupervisory Team: Jacob Mackenzie, Andy ClarksonProject descriptionCryogenically cooled lasers have proven themselves a platform-architecture for future high-energy and high-average power systems in large-scale-facilities institutes across the world. We seek a capable applicant to advance small-scale "turn-key" state-of-the-art...

Supervisory Team: Johan Nilsson, Ben Mills Project Description "Smart" phased-array lasers based on computer-controlled coherently combined optical fibre amplifiers promise to revolutionise materials processing and other important laser applications. Fundamentally, their advantages derive from rapid and flexible control of the beam shape and polarisation....

PhD Supervisor: Prof Andy ClarksonSupervisory Team: Prof Andy Clarkson and Prof Johan NilssonProject description:The project is to contribute to a major Ministry of Defence (MoD) research programme intended to develop generation after next technologies for applications in defence and security.The project will have two main themes. The first explores coherent...

Smart Lasers and Special FibresLocation: Highfield CampusSalary: £34,980 to £42,978 per annumFull Time Fixed Term (until 31/07/2026)Closing Date: Wednesday 26 June 2024Interview Date: To be confirmedReference: PNSilica Fibre Fabrication GroupOptoelectronics Research CentreA Research Fellow position is available for a highly motivated and talented...

PhD Supervisor: Prof Radan Slavik, Dr Yongmin Jung, Prof Francesco PolettiSupervisory Team: Prof Radan Slavik, Dr Yongmin Jung, Prof Francesco PolettiProject description: The University of Southampton is expanding its PhD research in the area of Quantum Technology Engineering. In addition to the research project outlined below you will receive substantial...

Smart Lasers and Special FibresLocation: Highfield CampusSalary: £34,980 Per annumFull Time Fixed Term for 3 yearsClosing Date: Thursday 11 July 2024Interview Date: To be confirmedReference: PNWe are looking for a candidate with interest in computer simulation and numerical modelling of a new water window X-ray microscope. The project is an exciting new...

PhD Supervisor: Jacob MackenzieSupervisory Team: Jacob Mackenzie, Goran Mashanovich, Colin MitchellProject descriptionIntegrated photonics has come of age, enabled by nano-fabrication technologies. We seek a talented applicant to advance the development of novel on-chip sources in the 2-micron wavelength window, coupled with integrated modulation and...

PhD Supervisor: Christopher HolmesSupervisory Team: Christopher Holmes, Pawel Maniewski, Jayanta SahuProject descriptionThis PhD is at the cutting edge of optical fibre technology, pioneer unconventional methods for laser-based glass 3D printing, focusing on tailored materials for highly customized optical devices—a potential industry game-changer.Optical...

Supervisory Team: Dr Pier Sazio, Dr Ioannis Zeimpekis Project Description:Hollow core optical fibre waveguide geometries are becoming increasingly relevant to modern telecommunications systems, an exemplar of which is the anti-resonant fibre (ARF) structure, which can guide light in the air core using a variety of cladding architectures. Intriguingly, the...

Supervisors: Professor Sean Lim and Dr. Eugen Stulz (co-lead)Duration of the award: Four years Project description: The Schools of Medicine and Chemistry are offering a fully funded four-year PhD studentship in interdisciplinary cancer research, starting in October 2024. The highly motivated student will receive high-level interdisciplinary training in DNA...

Full Time Fixed Term for 3 years Interview Date: To be confirmedWe are looking for a candidate with interest in computer simulation and numerical modelling of a new water window X-ray microscope. The project is an exciting new EPSRC-funded collaboration between the University of Southampton's School of Chemistry and Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC), the...

PhD Supervisor: Radan SlavikSupervisory Team: Radan Slavik, Francesco Poletti, Meng DingProject descriptionAt the Optoelectronics Research Centre, we are leading the world in developing a new generation of optical fibres that promise a revolution in applications ranging from optical communications to ultraprecise optical sensors. Our hollow-core optical...

Supervisory Team: Chris-Kriton Skylaris (80%) Jeremy Frey (20%)Project description:Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations are typically limited to tens of atoms due to the steep increase of the computational effort with the number of atoms. Recent developments have led to "linear-scaling" reformulations of DFT which allow calculations with thousands of...

PhD Supervisor: Dr Patrick LedinghamSupervisory Team: Dr Patrick LedinghamProject description: The University of Southampton is expanding its PhD research in the area of Quantum Technology Engineering. In addition to the research project outlined below you will receive substantial training in scientific, technical, and commercial skills.Quantum photonic...

PhD Supervisor: Ben MillsSupervisory Team: Ben Mills, James Grant-JacobProject descriptionAdvances in lasers now allow the laser-based processing of almost any material. Innovation in this field is now therefore becoming heavily focussed on making existing processing techniques more precise and efficient.Neural networks are a computing paradigm inspired by...

Project title: Challenging Deepfake Voices Supervisory Team: Dr. Jennifer Williams (primary), Prof Richard Guest (secondary)Project description:Fake and synthetic media are becoming a well-known issue in society, from AI regulation and AI safety to protecting democracy from election interference. This exciting PhD project investigates two technical aspects...