CURRENT PROJECTS

PREVIOUS PROJECTS

Ultrafast Laser Plasma Implantation- Seamless Integration of Functional Materials for Advanced Photonics

The main goals of the project are:

a) Set up a ULPI manufacturing capability at Leeds which will serve the needs of academic and industrial communities in UK to start with and then expand for international collaboration.

b) Our first application led manufacturing example will demonstrate ULPI based RE-earth doped glass photonic circuits with light splitting, lasing and amplification functions on a chip.

c) In another example we will demonstrate electrically pumped semiconductor lasers (VCSEL and VECSEL) and integrated with rare-earth ion doped glass for broadband and tunable

d) Approaches developed in b) and c) will be then expanded for manufacturing larger scale photonic integrated circuits on silicon, embodying multiple functions using the techniques developed in a).

e) ULPI as technique will be applied for engineering novel range of polymer-glass sensor devices which will be used for health care.

The final goal of project is to provide training, dissemination, and outreach opportunities for new researchers in SeaMatics. Dissemination related activities will be via the standard peer-review publications in prestigious journals, conferences and workshops. Dedicated symposia are planned for dissemination, and also the outreach activities involving UG/PG interns, PhD students and Sixth form pupils.

The project is led and supported by five UK leading Universities and industry partners, for more information please visit: http://www.seamatics.org