Latest news: - COSMOS CI, Prof. Sir Richard Friend wins Institute of Physics award for outstanding contributions to physics. (Posted 02/07/09) - The April 2009 edition of Nature Photonics features an article highlighting research by COSMOS members on polychromatic liquid crystal lasers. The article was written in response to a recent COSMOS publication in Optics Express on the same subject. (Posted 20/04/09) - The January 2009 edition of Laser Focus World features an article highlighting research by COSMOS members on polychromatic liquid crystal lasers. The article was written in response to a recent COSMOS publication in Optics Express on the same subject. (Posted 09/01/09) Archived news items

COSMOS (Coherent Optical Sources using Micromolecular Ordered Structures) is a four-year Basic Technology Research Programme funded by the EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) to develop a new generation of micron sized tunable coherent light sources based on ordered organic periodic structures. This research programme is a joint venture between world-leading research groups in the Departments of Chemistry, Physics and Engineering at the University of Cambridge.

1) Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis (Chemistry)
2) Optoelectronics group (Physics)
3) Biological Soft Systems group (BSS) (Physics),
4) Centre of Molecular Materials for Photonics and Electronics (CMMPE) (Engineering)
5) Centre for Photonic Systems (Engineering)