Level 6 hosts two Research Groups: Quantum Optics & Laser Science (QOLS) and Photonics. The fist one explores basic science using lasers, and to characterise and control the quantum states and processes of photons and matter. The second one, instead, conducts applied and fundamental research underlying laser and light-based techniques and develops novel technologies to address real-world applications of photonics.
What can you find on this Floor? Photonics Group Area
Within the Photonics Group, Chris Dunsby, Paul French, James McGinty and Mark Neil work closely together on a broad range of biophotonics projects, including the development of microscopes, endoscopes and optical tomography instruments for life sciences research, including cell biology, drug discovery, preclinical and clinical medical research.
Our researchers also collaborate with other colleagues in the Photonics Group and work in partnership with colleagues from the Department of Life Sciences and the Faculty of Medicine, and with colleagues from the ICR within the joint CRUK Convergence Science Centre. There is also a satellite laboratory at the Francis Crick Institute, where our novel instrumentation is applied to biomedical challenges in partnership with Crick bioscientists.
Level 10 hosts primarily Astrophysics with some rooms dedicated to the Experimental Solid State Physics team. Most of the offices and teaching/seminar rooms belong to Astrophysics, while labs are used by the other group.