While the Research Page discusses the overall goals of the CMMPE, this page covers some of the actual projects that constitute these areas.
The first step for using digital holograms is the generation process. Traditionally this is a slow process with many different algorithmic approaches used. Originally written by Peter Christopher, HoloGen is targetted at streamlining the hologram ge...
The aim of this project is to combine the fields of Holography and Additive Manufacture (AM) and to develop a new process capable of areal AM. This offers the potential to eliminate many of the sources of defects in AM as well as significant...
The first step for using digital holograms is the generation process. This project aims to expand on the existing approaches using the embedded electronics and computer science expertise of the group in partnership with the University of Cambridge ...
Hybrid technologies offer a great potential to expand the horizons of current optical systems. The combination of optically anisotropic materials such as liquid crystals with unusual conductors and morphologies such as arrays of vertically aligned c...
We are always looking to push back the boundaries with liquid crystal structures in both speed and electro-optic effects. Many of the applications we are currently researching could benefit from new, enhanced, specialised liquid crystal (or some oth...
Over the last few years, we have developed both sophisticated correlator systems as well as cheap and cheerful optical images processors (all at the speed of light!!). We are looking for new students who are interested in combining both the power of...
The power of a hologram to manipulate an optical wavefront has been an exciting field of research since the work of Denis Gabor. We have recently pioneered many applications of computer generated holograms from video projectors, 3D displays and phot...
We are always trying to find new device structures both for applications such as holography as well as test structures for new electro-optical effects. Simple example might include in-plane electric field structures right through to hybrid liquid cr...