My research covers photonic technology areas including optical fibre devices, sensors and system integration, optical communication, optical fibre Bragg grating, micro/nano photonic devices, biophotonic, label-free biosensor, chemsensor, optical waveguide theory, fibre laser, semiconductor laser, ultrafast fast laser and micromachining. With a strongly application-oriented research and close collaboration with industries like BAe, Airbus and SMEs, I have been the investigator or principle researcher on a number of large research and development programmes, including InnovateUK projects and ERDF projects. The research output has been outstanding with 200 publications, 2409 citations and google H-index of 29

Highlights:

• Tilted fibre grating technologies
• Femtosecond laser micro-machining of optical fibre for photonic and microfluidic devices
• Innovative exploitation of label-free biosensor for fast, sensitive and real-time detection of DNA.
• In-fibre polariser fibre using 45 ^◦ tilted fibre Bragg grating.

UK Grant

• Manufacturing techniques based on intelligent control systems and sensors, £197K,  2017-2019

Innovate UK, collaborative research programme with Branscan Ltd, Warburton Ltd

• Distributed UV and Near Infra-Red Fluorescence sensing system for real time monitoring of food quality and contamination and process control £184K 2014-2016

Innovate UK , collaborative research programme with Branscan Ltd, Warburton Ltd, ArdenPhotonic                                            

• Fuel System Integrated Research optical technologies for fuel tank sensing, £220K,  2015-2017

Innovate UK Collaborative research programme with Airbus.

• KTP with Optimec Ltd, £120K  2013-2015

• KTP with Gasdata Ltd, £126K  2013-2015

European Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions

• Fibre-Optic Multi-parametric BIochemical Sensing Technology €180K 2015-2017

ERDF projects (as chief researcher )

• Fibre laser and sensors phase ~£1.1 million  2009-2012
• Fibre laser and sensor phase 2  ~£1.2 million   2012-2015 
• Innovate products service and support ~300k    2016-2019

International Collaboration and others

• Ultrafast laser micromachining of semiconductor materials £20K    2013-2014

Royal Academy of Engineering, international collaboration  

•  Supplying of 45^◦ tilted fibre Bragg grating, Electro-optics Technology, Inc $6K       2010

Industrial consultancy, International collaboration

•  High extinct ratio polarised fiber $150K       2006-2008

European Office of Aerospace Research & Development , international collaboration and partners include US air force research laboratory, Leiki Ltd

•  Highly side-mode-suppressed fibre Bragg grating external cavity semiconductor laser CNY100K  1999-2000

Institute Director Fund ( Institute of Semiconductor , Chinese Acadmy of Sciences)

Phone number: 0121 204 3504
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