Congratulations to fourth year PGR Julia de Pineda Gutiérrez, whose paper ‘Metasurface bilayer for slow microwave surface waves’ was recently published in Physical Review B. Julia’s previous publications include Microwave edge modes on a metasurface with glide symmetry and Hexagonal symmetry metasurfaces for broadband antenna applications. Julia’s thesis is on exploration of beam shaping at microwave frequencies using […]
Tag: metamaterials
New Publication: 2D WS2 liquid crystals: tunable functionality enabling diverse applications
Congratulations to PGR Ben Hogan, who has just published a paper on ‘2D WS2 liquid crystals: tunable functionality enabling diverse applications’ in Nanoscale. Ben says of his paper: This paper describes the first observation of a liquid crystal phase for dispersions of two-dimensional tungsten disulfide particles in organic solvents. We detail the synthesis methods used […]
New Publication: Controlling acoustic waves using magneto-elastic Fano resonances
First year PGR Oliver Latcham has just co-authored his first paper, ‘Controlling acoustic waves using magneto-elastic Fano resonances’, published last week in Applied Physics Letters. This is an impressive achievement at the start of his degree. His PhD project is ‘Excitation of spin waves in magnetic elements using surface acoustic waves’, supervised by Volodymyr Kruglyak, Geoff […]
PGR Carlota Ruiz De Galarreta chairs a session at Complex Nanophotonics Science Camp workshop
From 11th to 14th August, fourth year PGR Carlota Ruiz De Galarreta attended the Complex Nanophotonic Science Camp, held in Cumberland Lodge (Windsor Park). The event is specifically oriented to early-career stage scientists working in different fields, such as imaging in turbid media, optical neural networks or disordered metasurfaces.CDT alumnus Ilya Starshynov contributed a talk on […]
New Publication: Transmission Properties of FeCl3-Intercalated Graphene and WS2 Thin Films for Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy Applications
Congratulations to fourth year PGRs Ben Hogan and Kieran Walsh, who are authors on ‘Transmission Properties of FeCl3-Intercalated Graphene and WS2 Thin Films for Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy Applications’, which was published last month in Nanoscale Research Letters. Ben explains the impact of the research findings: By using new and unique methods developed at the University […]
CDT Celebrations-the first ever CDT Summer Ball
On Saturday 13th July we held the first ever CDT Summer Ball. The ball was a formal black tie event for all students and staff associated with the CDT. This was a great opportunity for everyone to socalise outside of the office enviroment and build lasting relationships. The night consisted of a drinks reception, followed […]
PGR Emanuele Gemo at ePIXfab Silicon Photonics Summer School
From 1st-5th July 2019, third year PGR Emanuele Gemo attended ePIXfab’s silicon photonics summer school at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in Pisa, Italy. Emanuele gives an insight into his experience: The experience in Pisa has been definitely valuable. From the organization perspective, nothing has been left unplanned or uncared for. The venue was the main hall […]
Learning from industry: David Osuna Ruiz reports on his placement with Shouhang European S.L
Third year PGR David Osuna Ruiz was recently awarded funding from EPSRC for industry placements in national or international companies whose activities are aligned with the UK National Industry Strategy. David’s field was Renewable Energies. His two-week placement, made possible by the EPSRC’s funding award, was with Shouhang European S.L., which develops energy resources saving […]
New Publication: Vibrational strong coupling with surface plasmons and the presence of surface plasmon stop bands
Congratulations to 4th year PGR Kishan Menghrajani, who is lead author on ‘Vibrational strong coupling with surface plasmons and the presence of surface plasmon stop bands’, published in ACS Photonics. The authors present results from experiments and numerical simulations to show that surface plasmon modes provide convenient open cavities for vibrational strong coupling experiments. In […]
New publication: ‘A Nonvolatile Phase‐Change Metamaterial Color Display’
Congratulations to PGR Santiago Garcia-Cuevas Carrillo, who is the lead author on ‘A Nonvolatile Phase‐Change Metamaterial Color Display’, recently published in Advanced Optical Materials. Co-authors include fourth year PGR Liam Trimby and Prof. C. David Wright. Abstract Chalcogenide phase‐change materials, which exhibit a marked difference in their electrical and optical properties when in their amorphous and crystalline […]