PhD in Interaction of Light and Sound in Emerging Hollow-Core Optical Fibres University of Southampton in United Kingdom

PhD opportunity in programmable silicon photonic circuits at the University of Southampton. This project sits in the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences and is supervised by Professor David Thomson and Professor Goran Mashanovich. The research focuses on programmable silicon photonic integrated circuits (PICs) that can be reconfigured for multiple applications, including optical communications, sensing, and LiDAR. You will work on designing, fabricating, and testing configurable silicon...

PhD opportunity: Next generation silicon photonic modulators at the University of Southampton , Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences. This project focuses on silicon photonics , optical communications , electronic engineering , optical physics , and solid state physics , with applications in AI and high-performance computing . The research aims to develop ultra-high-speed, energy-efficient optical data communication devices, including next-generation modulators exceeding 100 Gb/s. You wi...

PhD opportunity at the University of Southampton in Quantum Signals via Hollow-Core Optical Fibres . This project sits at the intersection of physics , electrical engineering , optical physics , experimental physics , and quantum mechanics . The research explores how newly developed hollow-core optical fibres can transport quantum signals and states at wavelengths used by quantum sources and detectors, while also carrying classical telecom signals. The project highlights applications in long-dis...

PhD opportunity at Queen's University Belfast in the School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. This funded project is titled Hybrid Co-Packaging of a PIC with Miniature Free-Space Optical Elements and focuses on photonic integrated circuits (PICs) , free-space optical elements , optoelectronic module integration, precision alignment, and robust bonding of miniature components such as fast axis collimators (FACs) and fibre array units (FAUs). The project is highly multid...

Queen's University Belfast is advertising a fully funded PhD opportunity in photonics , advanced manufacturing , and optoelectronics . The project, titled Hybrid Co-packaging of a Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) with Miniature Free-Space Optical Elements , is delivered through the QUB Collaborative Studentships programme in collaboration with the Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre (AMIC) . It focuses on integrating photonic integrated circuits with miniature optical components to help de...