Centre for Photonics and Photonic Materials

Introduction

CPPM June 2008
Members of the Centre for Photonics and Photonic Materials June 2008

Welcome to the Centre for Photonics and Photonic Materials.

The CPPM is formed by around 30 academics, postdoctoral researchers and PhD students from the Department of Physics at Bath, who work together in an interactive and collaborative environment doing cutting-edge research in Photonics. Much of our work is based in our state-of-the-art fabrication facilities and our extensive optical laboratories, which are equipped with a wide range of laser sources and optical test gear. We also do extensive numerical modelling of both linear and nonlinear optical effects.

The CPPM provides an outstanding environment for performing cutting-edge research in photonics, whether as a PhD student, a postdoctoral researcher or a more senior visiting scientist. This web site describes the range of activities in the Centre, some of our achievements, and the opportunities to come and work with us in Bath.


Academic Staff


CPPM 3 Year Review

Review document in pdf format

Latest News

16th November 2009
Benabid's group one of research highlights of the month in Nature Photonics

22nd October 2009
Aerogel article published in the October 2009 issue of Laser Focus World

9th October 2009
Benabid's group has second most downloaded article of September 2009 for Optics Express

2nd September 2009
Benabid team reported on a new development on hollow-core photonic crystal fibre

15th June2009
Jim Stone gets third prize in Photonics 21 Student Innovation Awards

7th April 2009
Postdoctoral position in nonlinear silicon-on-insulator waveguide optics

24th November 2008
Supercontinuum generation and soliton dynamics milestone achieved

3rd November 2008
PhD Studentships Available from 2009!

30th October 2008
New Director for the CPPM

9th October 2008
Big reduction in the CPPM's carbon footprint

1st October 2008
Rhys Williams named best chemical engineering student

27th June 2008
Academic career at Bath?

11th June 2008
Post-doctoral research positions available

20th March 2008
24 papers at CLEO/QELS!

7th March 2008
Open postdoctoral position in fibres for nonlinear microscopy - apply now

17th January 2008
Better photonic bandgap fibres

10th January 2008
PhD studentships and post-doctoral research positions available

Recent Papers

Opt. Express 17 (2009) 18669-18675
Modal interferometer based on hollow-core photonic crystal fiber for strain and temperature measurement

Chin. Opt. Lett. 7 (2009) 921-923
Mode field converter based on embedded photonic crystal fiber

J. Opt. A: Pure Appl. Opt. 11 (2009) 103002
Optical frequency comb generation in gas-filled hollow core photonic crystal fibres