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Name	Qualification	Mode	Type
Astronomy Instrumentation Astronomy Instrumentation is a research area within which you can focus your studies as part of our suite of Physics and Astronomy research programmes (MPhil, PhD).	PhD, MPhil	Full-time, Part-time	Area
Physics and Astronomy The wide range of expertise within the School of Physics and Astronomy enables the School to offer a variety of opportunities for higher degrees by research.	PhD, MPhil	Full-time, Part-time	Programme
Wireless and Microwave Communication Engineering (MRes) This MRes course aims to provide you with and excellent platform for career development, whether that be within industry or academic research.	MRes	Full-time	Programme
Tunable THz laser source This project will involve the design, fabrication and characterisation of such a source, based on the non-linear optical process of difference frequency generation in an integrated semiconductor laser structure.			Project
Automated Searches for Ultra-Diffuse Emission from Stars We are particularly interested in the fraction of stars that lie outside of easily recognised galactic structures as a means of tracing the assembly history of dark matter haloes of various masses.			Project
Energy harvesting for autonomous systems This project will focus on the mechanisms by which communications based on light emission by LEDs or lasers can be powered by energy harvested from the environment.			Project
Quantum dynamics of frustrated spin systems This study will investigate the magnetic spin dynamics of bulk systems as quantum effects start to become relevant at low temperature.			Project
Random laser with III-V semiconductor nanowires In this project, you will be working on both theoretical modelling and experimental demonstration.			Project
3D Nanostructured Thermoelectric Materials This project seeks to develop a new breed of 3D thermoelectric metamaterials that have controlled nanostructured features upon the 100 nm scale, allowing unprecedented control over electronic and phononic properties and offering a highly controlled pathway for understanding the effect of nanoscale topology.			Project
Single crystal analysis of frustrated magnetic systems, using the world's leading powder diffraction instrument This project would extend the use of WISH to cover robust single crystal analysis of diffuse scattering and weak Bragg peak data with in-situ measurements to extend our fundamental understanding of frustrated magnetic systems.			Project
Superconducting diamond as a bridge to the quantum mechanical world This project will continue work to explore the fundamental modes of Nano Electro-Mechanical (NEMS) bridges made out of diamond and methods of detection using quantum circuitry.			Project
Template assisted III-V epitaxy enabling quantum dot lasers on silicon In this project, we will develop quantum dot (QD) lasers directly grown on silicon at strategically important 1550 nm emission wavelength.			Project
Statistical characterisation of brain tissue microstructure with diffusion magnetic resonance imaging In this project, you will introduce a novel representation of tissue based on statistical descriptors.			Project
Development of a nanostructured heating element to explore high temperature materials physics This studentship seeks to develop a novel 3D nanostructured heating element using a combination of two-photon lithography and processing methodologies.			Project
Quantum dynamics of frustrated spin systems studied with high frequency susceptibility In this project you will use a range of experimental techniques using dilution fridges and cryostats to probe the frequency response of the spin dynamics and then model the results based on the latest understanding in our field.			Project
III-V on Silicon Devices and Systems for Next Generation Optical Interconnects The goal of this PhD is to invent and develop proof-of-concept quantum dot devices (modulator and/or photodetector) in order to overcome the traditional challenges of epitaxial growth of III-V over Si.			Project
Magnetic nanostructures for low cost, low energy data storage and sensor applications This project will focus on magnetic nanostructures for low cost, low energy data storage and sensor applications.			Project
Controlled coherent coupling of single quantum dots in photonic crystal cavity networks The proposed project spans from the field of optical spectroscopy of semiconductor nanostructures, specifically coherent spectroscopy of single quantum dots, to quantum computing, specifically the implementation of quantum operations in quantum dots			Project
Towards a clinical MEG system: theoretical and practical insights into the use of optically pumped magnetometers In this project, you will perform a detailed analysis of OPMs for measuring magnetic brain signals.			Project
Novel nanocavities in wide bandgap semiconductors for quantum optical devices The project will develop a novel processing technique to create gallium nitride (GaN) optical nanocavities.			Project
A multi-scale computational model of brain blood flow: Enhancing MRI for assessing brain health This PhD project is well suited to students who would like to combine their knowledge of computational modelling, physics and mathematics to better understand human brain blood flow and how it can go wrong with brain disease.			Project
Infrared Thermophotovoltaic (TPV) cell for power generation and energy harvesting The studentship aims to demonstrate temperature-stable TPVs with blackbody response ~1000K.			Project
Quantum coherence and carrier dynamics in colloidal nanostructures from dots to 1D and 2D materials The aim of this project is to investigate the quantum coherent light-matter interaction regime and associated carrier dynamics of electrons and holes in novel colloidal structures developed to achieve a dephasing time limited solely by the radiative lifetime.			Project