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Peter Smowton

Professor Peter Smowton

(he/him)

Managing Director Institute for Compound Semiconductors

School of Physics and Astronomy

Email
SmowtonPM@cardiff.ac.uk
Telephone
+44 29208 75997
Campuses
Translational Research Hub, Room 1.13, Maindy Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF24 4HQ
Users
Available for postgraduate supervision

Overview

I am interested in the physics of semiconductor materials and devices and particularly in those properties relevant for the integration of different materials and different functions. I am currently Director of the EPSRC Future Compound Semiconductor Manufacturing Hub and the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Compound Semiconductor Manufacturing, both of which focus on research into the manufacturing processes for the materials and devices that drive much of the technology that underpins our lives. I am Managing Director of the Institute of Compound Semiconductors, which is a University translational research facility focussed on the fabrication of Compound Semiconductor devices and integrated systems. I collaborate extensively within Cardiff University, with other leading universities worldwide and with UK based industry to develop solutions for the next generations of semiconductor based technology that underpins our connected world.

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  • Mogensen, P. C., Hall, S. A., Smowton, P. M., Bangert, U., Blood, P. and Dawson, P. 1998. The effect of high compressive strain on the operation of AlGaInP quantum-well lasers. IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics 34(9), pp. 1652-1659. (10.1109/3.709581)
  • Mogensen, P. C., Smowton, P. M., Blood, P., Hall, S. A., Bangert, U. and Dawson, O. 1998. The impact of structural non-uniformity on the operation of AlGaInP lasers at high compressive strain. Presented at: Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices VI, San Jose, CA, USA, 26-30 January 1998 Presented at Osinski, M., Blood, P. and Ishibashi, A. eds.Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices VI. Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 3283. Bellingham, WA: SPIE pp. 432-443., (10.1117/12.316694)
  • Blood, P., Foulger, D. L. and Smowton, P. M. 1998. Modelling quantum well laser diode structures. Presented at: NATO Advanced Study Institute on Advanced Electronic Technologies and Systems Based on Low-Dimensional Quantum Devices, Sozopol, Bulgaria, 18-28 September 1996 Presented at Balkanski, M. and Andreev, N. eds.Advanced Electronic Technologies and Systems Based on Low-Dimensional Quantum Devices: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Sozopol, Bulgaria, 18-28 September 1996. Nato Science Partnership Subseries: 3 Vol. 42. Dordrecht: Kluwer pp. 77-89.

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Research

Interests include the design, fabrication and characterisation of optoelectronic devices. Current research topics include quantum dot lasers , high power emitters for photodynamic therapy and the physics of InGaN light emitting devices. I am also interested in optoelectronic integration of materials and functions. This involves the exploration of the physics of the light matter interactions in these materials and devices.

Teaching

I supervise 3rd and 4th year projects.

Other recent modules include:
"Laser Physics and Non-linear Optics"

"Electromagnetic Radiation Detection".

"Electronics and Instrumentation"
"Physics of Semiconductor Devices"
"Investigative Physics II" and
"Electricity, Magnetism and Light

Supervisions

I am interested in supervising PhD students in the general areas of:

  • Compound Semiconductor Device Physics
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  • Manufacturing Compound Semiconductor Devices
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  • Integrated Photonics
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  • III-V semiconductor based microfluidics

Current supervision

Fwoziah Albeladi

Fwoziah Albeladi

Research Assistant

Nourh Almalki

Nourh Almalki

Research student

Kate Wong

Kate Wong

Research student

Maryam Alsayyadi

Maryam Alsayyadi

Research student

Past projects

  • Material and Device Characterisation in the Volume Manufacturing of VCSELs, Jack Baker, PhD 2023.

  • Device and Material Characterisation of Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers, Curtis Hentschel, PhD 2023
  • Tantalum Oxide Anti-Reflective Thin Films for C-Band Travelling-Wave Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers, Josie Nabialek, MPhil 2023

  • Design and Realisation of InP and InAsP QD Monolithic Passively Mode-Locked Lasers, Reem Alharbi, PhD 2023

  • Active Region Doping Strategies in O-band Quantum Dot Lasers, Lydia Jarvis, PhD 2022

  • GaAs-based Integrated Photonics: Waveguides and Splitting Elements, Tahani Raja S. Albiladi, PhD 2022

  • Electroabsorption Modulators and Laser Diodes for Free-space optics and On-chip Applications, Ben Maglio, PhD 2022
  • Label-free Detection of Cell-cycling Polyploid Cells in Osteosarcoma, Basmah Abdullah Almagwashi, PhD 2022

  • Dielectrophoresis for Capillary Flow Microfluidic Optoelectronics, Dunia Giliyana, PhD 2021