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Members of the CPDS group have recently co-authored a paper on a liquid crystal based dynamically tunable metasurface for amplitude modulation. The metasurface consists of coupled subwavelength grating fingers, which provide alignment for the liquid crystal without the need for an additional alignment material or process...

Prof Daping Chu was co-chair of the Light Conference 2024 held at the Northeast Asia International Conference Center in Changchun, China, from June 17 to 21, 2024. The Conference was organised by leading optics journal Light: Science & Applications (LSA) and co-hosted by the Organizing Committee of the UNESCO...

On December 11th 2023, we held our annual dinner. CPDS staff and student members, along with our guests enjoyed an excellent meal in the beautiful surroundings of St Catherine's College. 2023 Christmas Dinner.jpg Christmas 2023_2.jpg Christmas 2023_3.jpg

From Star Trek ’s Holodeck to Iron Man ’s helmet, science fiction has set the bar high for real-time 3D holographic images. But while we are still pretty far from that, we are getting closer. To appreciate the potential of 3D, think about how we get information about the world around us. The visual is very important: about...