Optical Holography and Adaptive Optics
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 photolithography. Since the availability of cheap high resolution microdisplays (now made specifically for phase modulation) it has been possible to dynamically manipulate wavefronts holographically in real time. This opens up many different applications as displays as well as adaptive optical components. We are looking for students to work in all areas of the applications of holography from displays to adaptive mode control in optical waveguides. This area spans a wide variety of applications from telecoms (fibre to fibre switches, adaptive free space optical interconnects and multimode fibre mode control/MIMO), biomedical (adaptive ophthalmic imaging and OCT) , photolithography, 3D displays, through to aberration correction and reconstruction in adaptive optical systems.
