Photonics & Complexity
Key Personnel GS McDonald, RD Pilkington, JM Christian, AD Boardman, EA Chadwick, KJ Sandiford, AE Hill, HM Yates and JS Cowpe
Research & Teaching Staff S Astin and G Rowsell
Research Staff YG Rapoport
Visiting Staff M Abyaneh, P Chamorro-Posada, M Jin, W Lawson and RJ Potton
Research Students RAH El-Mazuzi, A Kapoulas, HM Khan, RC Mitchell-Thomas, CS Rose and K Sreejith
Complexity & Nonlinear Science
McDonald, Christian, Boardman, Chadwick and Sandiford
Our research includes discovery and analyses of new phenomena involving linear and nonlinear wave propagation. Work draws on general ('universal') concepts such as fractals, spatiotemporal solitons, vortices, patterns and chaos.
- Linear and Nonlinear Waves (for example: fluid, optical and elastic)
- Applications of Complexity Theory
- Helmholtz Soliton Theory
- Conventional and Fractal Pattern Formation
- Modelling of Peristaltic Mechanisms
- Theory and Modelling of Information and Population systems
- Mathematical Fluid Dynamics (Oseen, Potential and Navier-Stokes flow)
Photonics Theory
McDonald, Christian, Boardman and Yates
Nonlinear effects (such as Raman, magneto-optical, surface wave, metamaterial, and band gap effects) are exploited in diverse contexts (for example: laser and device designs, waveguides, medical physics and optical fibres).
- Fractal Lasers, Optical Solitons, Optical Patterns and Attosecond Science
- Nanophotonics: Chiral, Magneto-optic and Negative Index Materials
- Super-continuum and Frequency Comb Generation
- Laser Modelling and Applications
- Drug Design, Super-Toroids and Cloaking
- Photonic Crystals
Applied Photonics
Pilkington, Yates, Cowpe and Hill
- Photovoltaic Effects (for example, in Solar Energy applications)
- Laser-Induced-Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS)
- Nanomaterials with Novel Optical Properties
- Photosensitivity of Optical Fibres and other Glasses
- Real-time Holographic Techniques
- 3D Photonic Crystals and Thin Film Properties
Further information
GS McDonald (Research Pages,
Group Website)
RD Pilkington (Research Pages)
JM Christian (Research Pages,
Group Website)
AD Boardman (Research Pages)
EA Chadwick (Research Pages)
AE Hill (Research Pages)
KJ Sandiford (Research Pages,
Group Website)
JS Cowpe (Research Pages)
HM Yates (Research Pages)
Materials & Physics Research Centre