Research projects
Current funding
EPSRC, "Active plasmonics : electronic and all-optical control of photonic signals on sub-wavelength scales"
EPSRC, "Investigating the fabrication and dipole characteristics of complex ferroelectric nanoshapes"
EPSRC,"Fabrication, characterisation and nanophotonic applications of plasmonic waveguides made of metallic nanorod arrays"
EC FP7, STREP PLAISIR : Plasmonic innovative sensing in the IR
EC FP7, STREP BONAS : Bomb factory detection by networks of advanced sensors
EC COST action Plasmonic components and devices
US DoE Argonne National Lab, "Dynamics and nonlinear optical properties of active plasmonic nanostructured systems"
The Royal Society, NIF "Quantum emitters in nano-plasmonic environment"
The Royal Society, NIF "Metamaterial analogue of electromagnetic induced transparency for
biosensing"
Seagate Technology Inc. (USA/UK)
INTEL Inc. (USA/Ireland)
Past recent funding
EC FP6, STREP PLASMOCOM
EC FP6, STREP PLEAS
EPSRC, "Surface plasmon devices for applications in communication and signal processing"
EC FP6, Network of Excellence on Plasmo-nano-devices
EC FP6, Network of Excellence PHOREMOST
The Royal Society, "Design and applications of plasmonics structures for biosensing and imaging"
US DoE Argonne National Lab, "Assemblies of Au nanorods for
the fabrication of solar cells: a step towards the integration of active
plasmonic nanodevices"
EPSRC, "NSF-EPSRC Materials Programme: Novel non-linear photonic metamaterials based on metallic nanostructures"
EC/INTAS, "Monolayered opalline superlattice: application to
nanotechnology of 2D ordered array of epitaxial nanodots and
metalattice conductors"
Invest Northern Ireland, "Nanotec Northern Ireland: Industrial Nanotechnology Centre"
EPSRC, "Towards plasmonics: active control of surface plasmon-polariton waves"
EPSRC, UK Network on Nano-optical Microscopy
Seagate Technology Inc. (USA/UK)
EPSRC, "Near-field second-harmonic imaging and diagnostics of advanced magnetic materials and devices"
EPSRC, "Optical manifestations of planar chirality"
EPSRC, "Near-field, second-harmonic optical microscopy of mesoscopic magnetic and ferroelectric structures"
The Royal Society, "Apertureless second-harmonic SNOM"