Welcome to the FOAM, group. In our group we investigate the interaction of structured light with Kerr nonlinear media and unstructured light with structured (chiral) media. The one thing that all of our work has in common is that we have Fun with light that carries Optical Angular Momentum, OAM!


People

Alison M Yao
Robert P Cameron
Duncan McArthur
Emmanouil Alexakis
Wiktor Witkowski
Finlay Scott
Laila Safavi

Our Research

Structured Light (SL)

Optical Forces
Light Scattering
Imaging
Microwaves

In addition to the major themes listed above, we also collaborate with other groups within the CNQO. This has included recent work with the BECs and Cold Atoms, Nanophotonics and Future Light Sources groups.


Acknowledgements: We would like to thank The Leverhulme Trust, The Royal Society and EPSRC for funding and Colin McArthur for the logo.