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.