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NanoPhotonics Centre

 

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My main research interest is control of the spatial structure of light, by developing dynamic waveguide circuits.  Dynamic optical circuits on waveguide “chips” will be capable of routing and processing information as light. These circuits will enable a faster and more efficient internet, probe the limits of light’s quantum nature, and help unravel its propagation through complex environments such as miniature endoscopes and biological tissue.  This project is supported by a Research Fellowship from the Royal Commission.

I also work on many aspects of the microscopy and spectroscopy work we do in the Nanophotonics Centre, particularly where experiments must be automated to collect data on thousands of individual nanoparticles.  I have developed an automated microscope produced using 3D printing, capable of sub-micron positioning, which is now being commercialised by WaterScope to provide low-cost diagnostics for developing nations.

My PhD was in optical tweezers, supervised by Prof. Miles Padgett at the University of Glasgow, where I developed a number of optical tweezers systems using high-speed cameras and spatial light modulators.  My control program for hologram generation "Red Tweezers" is available online, and I helped design the optical tweezers system sold by Meadowlark Optics.

For an up-to-date list of my publications, please see Google Scholar or ORCID.

Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 Research Fellow
Dr Richard  Bowman

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Latest news

NanoPhotonics @ Femincam

29 September 2023

PhD students from the NanoPhotonics Centre have attended Femincam, a one-day conference celebrating emerging women in science and leaders in electronic materials. During the event Sara Rocchetti also presented her poster on “Amplified plasmonic forces from DNA-origami scaffolded single dyes in nanogaps”.

ICAVS flash presentations prizes awarded to Marika and Yuling!

4 September 2023

A number of group members recently attended ICAVS12 in Krakow. Congratulations to Yuling who won the prize for the best flash presentation and to Marika for winning the best flash presentation audience award!

Sara Rocchetti - Best poster at Chemical and NanoScience symposium

17 May 2023

Sara Rocchetti won the best poster award at the 10th Chemical and NanoScience symposium Newcastle (CNSN-X) with her work on DNA origami and nanophotonics. Well done!