Research Teams

The research environment at the Institute of Photonics mixes the purely academic with the real world requirements of industry. The technical focus can be summarised as all-solid-state light sources. This succinct description encompasses:

• A range of semiconductor and all-solid-state materials systems
• materials, devices and system development
• applications

Our research activities are organised in four research teams, given below along with the Research Team Leader responsible for each area:

• Applications
  Professor John Girkin
• GaN materials
  Dr Ian Watson
• Laser Engineering
  Dr David Burns
• III-V Optoelectronic Devices
  Professor Martin Dawson

Significant cross-team working leads to a stimulating and productive research environment.