Centre for Photonic Devices and Sensors

Our research includes phase-only holography and its applications, high brightness multi-stable colour reflective displays, tunable dielectric materials and devices for radio frequencies, liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) device development, and novel sensors

CPDS researchers developed new nausea-free AR head-mounted display

About CPDS

We address societal needs with new system functionalities through invention of novel device architectures based on understanding of basic material properties

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Research Areas

Research topics in the group covers a wide range of topics:

Holography and CGH 
Holography and Computer-Generated Holography (CGH)
Liquid Crystal on Silicon and Wavelength Selective Switches
Metasurfaces
Advanced Display Systems such as Head-Mounted Displays (HMD)

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12 Dec 2025

Annual Dinner 2025

2 Dec 2025

Cambridge–Tsinghua Seminar on Mesoscale Intravital Fluorescence Microscopy

27 Nov 2025

Innovations in Optical Scanning Holography Seminar

29 Sep 2025

Cambridge-Nanjing Forum 2025 Highlights Global Advances in Sleep Health and Innovation

13 Aug 2025

CPDS Summer BBQ - Aug 2025

2 Jul 2025

Tactile Augmentation of Material Classification via Imperceptible On‑Skin Triboelectricity Collectio

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