Condensed Matter and Photonics

Condensed Matter and Photonics programme offered at Cardiff University, is a research area within which you can focus your studies as part of our suite of Physics and Astronomy research programmes (MPhil, PhD).

Condensed Matter and Photonics (CMP) degree from Cardiff University brings together scientists with complementary skills, to share knowledge and resources, to provide a focus and direction for the future of our physics research, and provide training for the next generation.

Key features

The group operates at the cusp between fundamental physics and development of device concepts though measurements of fundamental optical and electrical processes in organic and inorganic semiconductor and metallic (nano) structures, enabling advances in understanding of light-matter interactions, charge transport, development and verification of theories, development of novel device concepts and high sensitivity photometric and spectroscopic instruments.

Research Themes:

• Photonics & Biophotonics

• Quantum Materials & Devices

• Nanoscale Science & Technology

• Theory & Computational Physics

• Imaging, Sensors & Instrumentation