University of Dundee

The University of Dundee is home to 17883 students and more than 3000 staff. This includes 12506 undergraduate students, 4537 taught postgraduates and 840 research postgraduates.

The title of 'The UK's fastest developing university for Enterprise and Innovation' aptly describes the University of Dundee. The University has a long and distinguished heritage of pioneering research.

The Photonics and Nanoscience Group is part of the Division of Electronic Engineering and Physics at the University of Dundee. The group conducts cutting-edge experimental research in a wide variety of high-power and ultrashort-pulse compact laser diode-based sources, emitting in the visible, IR, mid-IR and THz spectral ranges. The University of Dundee holds an internationally recognised high profile in the field of Life Sciences. This culminated in 2006 with the establishment of IMSaT, the Institute for Medical Science and Technology, a joint venture between the Universities of Dundee and St Andrews and Ninewells Hospital and Medical School (Dundee) to foster research and commercialisation at the interface with physics-life sciences. Our group is therefore placed in a privileged context for the development of a fruitful and long-lasting collaboration between biomedical scientists and laser physicists.

Role in Fast Dot Project

The University of Dundee will be the project coordinator and responsible for overall management of the project including the maintenance of communications with the Commission.

Our main research involvement will be in leading the development of high-power, tuneable, ultrafast QD-based lasers and subsequent frequency conversion to generate visible light, for key applications in biophotonics.

The Photonics and Nanoscience Group will be involved in the following activities:

• Development and investigation of QD edge-emitting lasers based on novel compact monolithic and external cavity configurations.

• Development of optically- and electrically-pumped VECSELs and investigation of their mode-locked operation.

• Development and assessment of ultrafast solid-state and fiber lasers based on QD-SESAMs.

IMSaT will be involved in the following activities:

• Assessing the new devices for medical cutting, ablation and tissue welding applications in endoscopy and interventional probes and catheters.

• Technology roadmapping of lasers for biophotonics, and the development of a knowledge tool for the identification of appropriate laser sources for existing and emerging biophotonics applications.

Partner News

Dr. Maria Ana Cataluna has been recently awarded a prestigious Research Fellowship from the Royal Academy of Engineering/EPSRC to further develop her research on compact and ultra-versatile lasers based on quantum-dot materials. The scheme provides funding for five years to encourage outstanding researchers in developing successful academic careers in engineering. Only 10 Fellowships are attributed each year. Maria Ana will continue to be involved in FAST-DOT, as a WP2 Leader and Researcher. Further information on this award can be found at

http://www.raeng.org.uk/research/researcher/postdoc/current.htm

Contact Information

University of Dundee,

Nethergate,

Dundee,

DD1 4HN,

Scotland,

UK

Tel: 01382 383 000 / +44 1382 383 000

URL: http://www.dundee.ac.uk/