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Read more at: Annual Dinner 2024

Annual Dinner 2024

10 December 2024

We hosted our annual dinner on December 9th, 2024, where CPDS staff, student members, and esteemed guests gathered to enjoy a delightful meal in the exquisite surroundings of Corpus Christie's College.


Read more at: Multi-receptor skin with highly sensitive tele-perception somatosensory

Multi-receptor skin with highly sensitive tele-perception somatosensory

3 October 2024

Professor Chu is co-author on a new paper in Science Advances which describes a multi-receptor sensing system that could be used to boost the sensing capabilities of robotic, haptic and prosthetic systems. Their bionic multi-receptor skin design incorporates tele-perception to enhance human perception and cognition beyond...


Read more at: Electrically Tunable Metasurface

Electrically Tunable Metasurface

1 October 2024

Electrically Tunable Metasurface 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...


Read more at: Electrically Tunable Metasurface in TN LC Configuration with Enhanced Quality Factor and Metaatom-Induced Alignment

Electrically Tunable Metasurface in TN LC Configuration with Enhanced Quality Factor and Metaatom-Induced Alignment

1 October 2024

Electrically Tunable Metasurface in TN LC Configuration with Enhanced Quality Factor and Metaatom-Induced Alignment Dynamic metasurface with subwavelength dimensions has emerged as a key optical technology in recent years. Although various active tuning mechanisms are being proposed, liquid crystal-based dynamic...


Read more at: Research Associate in Optical Engineering

Research Associate in Optical Engineering

26 September 2024

CPDS group are recruiting a Research Assistant/Associate in Optical Engineering to conduct research and development on novel high- precision optical measurements in photonic devices, in particular, spatial light modulators with subpixel-accuracy hologram setting for precise beam steering, system design and implementation...


Read more at: CPDS Summer barbecue

CPDS Summer barbecue

7 August 2024

On August 6th 2024, we held our annual summer barbecue. CPDS staff and student members, along with our guests enjoyed an afternoon by the River Cam in the grounds of Darwin College. Thanks to Chris and Phoebe for expertly manning the barbecue. bbq_20240806.jpg


Read more at: Non-Convex Optimization for Inverse Problem Solving in Computer-Generated Holography

Non-Convex Optimization for Inverse Problem Solving in Computer-Generated Holography

9 July 2024

Non-Convex Optimization for Inverse Problem Solving in Computer-Generated Holography Computer-generated holography is a promising technique that modulates user-defined wavefronts with digital holograms. Computing appropriate holograms with faithful reconstructions is not only a problem closely related to the fundamental...


Read more at: Light Conference 2024

Light Conference 2024

24 June 2024

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...


Read more at: Revolutionising Dynamic Optical Control

Revolutionising Dynamic Optical Control

6 June 2024

Revolutionising Dynamic Optical Control In the rapidly evolving field of optical engineering, the integration of metasurfaces with dynamic control elements remains a pivotal challenge. Wenhan Zhang, a researcher from the CPDS group, has fabricated a liquid-crystal Huygens metasurface, leading to an unprecedented level of...


Read more at: Fast-Switching Reconfigurable Metadevice with Metasurface-Induced Liquid Crystal Alignment for Light Modulator Applications

Fast-Switching Reconfigurable Metadevice with Metasurface-Induced Liquid Crystal Alignment for Light Modulator Applications

1 April 2024

Fast-Switching Reconfigurable Metadevice with Metasurface-Induced Liquid Crystal Alignment for Light Modulator Applications Metasurface technology is progressing rapidly towards commercialization and productization, due to its unparallelled advantages over conventional optical solutions. The reconfigurable metasurface...