Research in this group encompasses five main themes: Industrial lasers, Laser-based manufacturing processes, Optical sensing, Fibre-optic beam delivery, and Optical interconnects and data communication.

see also: applied, engineering, lasers, research

Includes research on: bio-photonics, diffractive optics, nonlinear photonics, photon counting technologies, ultrafast optics.

see also: physics, research

Physics at Heriot-Watt University is strongly research oriented and we are one of the founding members of the Scottish Universities Physics Alliance. Our research interests are wide ranging and include semiconductor physics, optoelectronics, material science, ultrafast and nonlinear physics, and nano-physics. This influence is reflected in our undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, and we offer a range of courses at BSc, Honours, MPhys and MSc levels. In addition to offering traditional research Doctorates we also offer an industry focused Engineering Doctorate in Photonics.

see also: eps, nanotechnology, optics, optoelectronics, physics, plasma, semiconductor, supa

SMI - the centre for excellence for advanced manufacturing solutions at Heriot-Watt University - is one of 16 IMRCs (Innovative Manufacturing Research Centres) established by EPSRC with additional financial support from Industry. Our mission is to support manufacturing innovation through research in technologies that underpin sustainable growth of high value-added manufacturing industries in Scotland and the rest of the UK, by exploiting a constructive engagement between academic researchers and industrial stakeholders. The SMI is based on three research themes: Digital Tools, Microsystems and Photonics.

see also: design, digital, electrical, electronic, engineering, imrc, institute, manufacturing, microsystems, research, scottish, smi