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Read more at: Annual Dinner 2025

Annual Dinner 2025

12 December 2025

Christmas Dinner - December 2025 On Wednesday, 10 December, we celebrated our Christmas Dinner at Magdalene College. The evening began with a drinks reception in Benson Hall, followed by a festive dinner in the historic College Hall. 1.jpg 2.jpg The hall was lit solely by candlelight, creating a warm and atmospheric...


Read more at: Cambridge–Tsinghua Seminar on Mesoscale Intravital Fluorescence Microscopy

Cambridge–Tsinghua Seminar on Mesoscale Intravital Fluorescence Microscopy

2 December 2025

Cambridge–Tsinghua Seminar on Mesoscale Intravital Fluorescence Microscopy On 1 December 2025, the Electrical Engineering Building hosted a joint Cambridge–Tsinghua University seminar on Mesoscale Intravital Fluorescence Microscopy, presented by Prof. Qionghai Dai (Tsinghua University). The visit was co-hosted by Prof...


Read more at: Innovations in Optical Scanning Holography Seminar

Innovations in Optical Scanning Holography Seminar

27 November 2025

Innovations in Optical Scanning Holography Seminar On 27 November 2025, the Electrical Engineering Division welcomed Prof. Ting-Chung Poon (Virginia Tech, USA) for a seminar on Principles and Practice of Optical Scanning Holography . The visit was kindly initiated and coordinated by Prof. Daping Chu , who invited Prof...


Read more at: Cambridge-Nanjing Forum 2025 Highlights Global Advances in Sleep Health and Innovation

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

29 September 2025

Cambridge-Nanjing Forum 2025 Highlights Global Advances in Sleep Health and Innovation The Cambridge Nanjing Forum 2025, 'Sleep Health and Clinical Monitoring and Treatment' was successfully held in Nanjing, spotlighting the pressing global public health issue of sleep disorders under this year’s World Sleep Day theme: “...


Read more at: CPDS Summer BBQ - Aug 2025

CPDS Summer BBQ - Aug 2025

13 August 2025

Our annual summer barbecue took place on August 12th, 2025. Staff, students, and invited guests spent a delightful afternoon enjoying good food and great company by the River Cam, in the scenic setting of Darwin College. Many thanks to everyone who came along and helped make the day memorable. image_4.jpg image_2.jpg...


Read more at: Tactile Augmentation of Material Classification via Imperceptible On‑Skin Triboelectricity Collection

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

2 July 2025

Tactile Augmentation of Material Classification via Imperceptible On‑Skin Triboelectricity Collection Harnessing intrinsic triboelectric signals from human skin holds promise for enhancing tactile perception. However, collecting these signals without disrupting normal skin functions and convoluting motion artifacts remains...


Read more at: Electrically Tunable Fano Resonances in Liquid Crystal-based Dynamic Metasurface at Telecommunication Wavelengths

Electrically Tunable Fano Resonances in Liquid Crystal-based Dynamic Metasurface at Telecommunication Wavelengths

15 April 2025

Electrically Tunable Fano Resonances in Liquid Crystal-based Dynamic Metasurface at Telecommunication Wavelengths Dielectric metasurface has become a versatile platform for light manipulation. Due to its subwavelength feature size, the metasurface can induce optical resonances with tailored characteristics, such as Fano...


Read more at: Phase Flicker Induced Sharpness Deterioration of Holographic Images in LCoS

Phase Flicker Induced Sharpness Deterioration of Holographic Images in LCoS

17 March 2025

Phase Flicker Induced Sharpness Deterioration of Holographic Images in LCoS Phase flicker in LCoS devices can decrease the effective phase modulation resolution by introducing overlapped phase oscillation between adjacent modulated grey levels, thus degrading the performance of LCoS devices in various applications...


Read more at: LC Diffractive Optical Elements with High PB Phase Accuracy for Holographic Displays

LC Diffractive Optical Elements with High PB Phase Accuracy for Holographic Displays

17 March 2025

LC Diffractive Optical Elements with High PB Phase Accuracy for Holographic Displays Diffractive optical elements (DOE) are important light manipulating components in modern imaging and display scenarios. However, the weight of the bulk material of traditional DOEs becomes more and more critical in novel optical systems...


Read more at: Adaptive Contrast Enhancement in Computer-Generated Holography Using Nonlinear Optimization

Adaptive Contrast Enhancement in Computer-Generated Holography Using Nonlinear Optimization

1 March 2025

Adaptive Contrast Enhancement in Computer-Generated Holography Using Nonlinear Optimization This study introduces an advanced nonlinear exponential merit function to enhance the contrast and dynamic range of computer-generated holography (CGH). By integrating adaptive energy redistribution into the Gerchberg–Saxton (GS)...