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Read more at: New AFM is operational
New AFM is operational

New AFM is operational

Our new atomic force microscope is now fully operational. The new microscope is a Bruker Dimension Icon Pro and upgrades our scanning probe capability to allow: Automated mapping of samples up to 8 inches in diameter. Peak force capability. Additional conductivity and photo-conductivity measurement techniques. This Bruker...


Read more at: Paper of the Month on Machine Learning
Paper of the Month on Machine Learning

Paper of the Month on Machine Learning

Our latest paper of the month showcases the work of Bertrand Rouet-Leduc on applying machine learning methods to optoelectronic simulations. Read the paper here . Access our paper of the month archive here .


Read more at: Quantum Photonics meeting: Abstracts wanted!
Quantum Photonics meeting: Abstracts wanted!

Quantum Photonics meeting: Abstracts wanted!

Rachel Oliver is helping organise an exciting meeting at the Institute of Physics next month, along with collaborators from the University of Oxford and the University of Bath. The title is " Quantum Light-Matter Interactions in Solids: towards integrated quantum photonics " and it will be held at the Institute of Physics...


Read more at: Summer projects galore!
Summer projects galore!

Summer projects galore!

Our full complement of summer students has at last been assembled. From left to right they are: Oliver Tesh who's working on modelling LED efficiency with David Wallis . Pat Wichitwechkarn who's developing hybrid materials using porous GaN structures with Peter Griffin . James Moloney who's developing an educational...


Read more at: Today's presentations at ICNS 12
Today's presentations at ICNS 12

Today's presentations at ICNS 12

Lots to hear from the GaN group today at ICNS including Rachel Oliver's invited talk "Advanced microscopy of InGaN/GaN heterostructures" kicking off straight after lunch (A9.1). Before that is a talk from our collaboration with Robert Taylor's group in Oxford "Highly polarised electrically driven single photon emission...


Read more at: Crazy about colour!
Crazy about colour!

Crazy about colour!

We have recently taken our newly developed workshop on colour to two Cambridgeshire Primary Schools, Fen Drayton and Fawcett Primary in Trumpington. As you can see we all had a lot of fun! Crazy About Colour teaches children about the nature of colour and light. We saw how white light can be split up to make a rainbow and...


Read more at: New Porous GaN Grant

New Porous GaN Grant

Dr Rachel Oliver and Dr Tongtong Zhu have been recently awarded an EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account Follow-On Fund on porous GaN technology.


Read more at: John wins poster prize
John wins poster prize

John wins poster prize

Congratulations to John Jarman who won a prize for his poster presentation in the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy's annual showcase of graduate student work. His poster presented his work on nanopillars towards GaN based single photon sources. Read more about the single photon source project and see John's...


Read more at: Dr Bertrand Rouet-Leduc
Dr Bertrand Rouet-Leduc

Dr Bertrand Rouet-Leduc

Congratulations to Bertrand Rouet-Leduc who passed his PhD viva last week! He convinced his examiners in just 90 minutes and has minor corrections. H is project in the Cambridge Centre for Gallium Nitride concerned modelling of the efficiency of GaN based LEDs using machine learning techniques. He has also applied the same...


Read more at: Lok Yi is finalist of literature review prize
Lok Yi is finalist of literature review prize

Lok Yi is finalist of literature review prize

Lok Yi has been selected as one of the finalists of the 2017 Materials Science and Technology Literature Review Prize of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining , for her review ‘ Cubic zincblende gallium nitride for green-wavelength light emitting diodes ’. She will take part in a masterclass event on 26th June at...


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