Research project

Next Generation Optical Metrology Driven by Nanophotonics

Research groups:

Nanophotonics Group
Lead researcher:

Professor Nikolay Zheludev
Other researchers:

Professor Kevin MacDonald,

Dr Eric Plum
Research funder:

EPSRC
Status:

Active

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Nikolay Zheludev

Professor of Physics & Astronomy

Connect with Nikolay

Email: niz@orc.soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Kevin MacDonald

Professorial Fellow-Research

Connect with Kevin

Email: kfm@orc.soton.ac.uk

Dr Eric Plum

Principal Research Fellow

Connect with Eric

Email: erp@orc.soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Nanophotonics Group

We perform fundamental optical physics and materials research. This is critical for the discovery and development of new and improved optoelectronic technologies.

Research outputs

Topological optical metrology of nanoscale objects with sub-atomic resolution and a rate of one million frames per second

Cheng-Hung Chi, Thomas Alfred Grant, Kevin F. MacDonald & Nikolay Zheludev, 2024

Type: conference

Near-infrared metalens empowered dual-mode high resolution and large FOV microscope

Chuang Sun, Hailong Pi, Kian Shen Kiang, Jize Yan & Jun-Yu Ou, 2024, Advanced Optical Materials

DOI: 10.1002/adom.202400512

Type: article

An ultra-compact metasurface and specklemeter based chromatic confocal sensor

Przemyslaw Ludwik Falak, Justin Ho-Tin Chan, James Williamson, Andrew Henning, Timothy Lee, Shahrzad Zahertar, Christopher Holmes, Martynas Beresna, Haydn Martin, Gilberto Brambilla & Xiangqian Jiang, 2024, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 73, 1-8

DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2024.3381698

Type: article

Chromatic confocal metalens and scattering medium-based speckle pattern engineering for compact, low-cost distometers

Przemyslaw Falak, Justin Ho-Tin Chan, James Williamson, Andrew Henning, Haydn Martin, Xiangqian Jiang, Shahrzad Zahertar, Bruno Moog, Timothy Lee, Christopher Holmes, Gilberto Brambilla & Martynas Beresna, 2023

DOI: 10.1364/OFS.2023.Tu3.80

Type: conference

Continuous space-time crystal state driven by nonreciprocal optical forces

Venugopal Shyamkumar Raskatla, Tongjun Liu, Kevin F. MacDonald & Nikolay Zheludev, 2023

Type: conference