Photonics West 2026
Ifor attended Photonics West in San Francisco last week, the world’s largest photonics conference. He gave a talk on the groups advancements on Visible Light Communication, some of which are linked to the HISOPE project.
Ifor attended Photonics West in San Francisco last week, the world’s largest photonics conference. He gave a talk on the groups advancements on Visible Light Communication, some of which are linked to the HISOPE project.
Last week the St Andrews Optics Society hosted a Science Shorts session, an informal platform where researchers briefly present their work…
Last Friday some members of the group enjoyed a well deserved break from work to catch up over some drinks. Due to the recent closure of…
Congratulations to Dr Marianna Leite De Avellar on passing her PhD Viva! Above: Marianna holding flowers and enjoying a drink
Last week we were pleased to host St Andrews alumni Sir Professor Michael Berry who gave an interesting and insightful colloquium “A plurality of optical singularities: intensity, phase, polarisation”.
Yesterday Olga, Masato and Chico gave their 4 months talks to the wider photonics community in the department, introducing their research topic and providing a short update on their work so far.
Members of the group enjoyed the Scottish University Physics Alliance (SUPA) Energy Theme meeting and a Solar Power course, followed by dinner with lecturers. We had the pleasure of welcoming Prof. David Cohen, Dr…