Theoretical Photonics

Focus
Photonics
Electromagnetism
WaveTheory
Metasurfaces
Complex systems

Group leader
Prof. Christopher Poulton

Photonics is the science of how light behaves in complex systems and on the nanoscale. The UTS theoretical photonics group focuses on the solution of difficult theoretical problems in modern nanophotonics, as well as in the creation of new, highly-accurate models that are used in cutting-edge photonics experiments. Our particular areas of research focus are in metamaterials and metasurfaces  - highly complex structures with optical properties beyond those occurring in nature, and nonlinear phononics - in which light and sound interact on the nanoscale. This research area overlaps with the photonics group within the Physics Discipline.

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.