The TRADES doctoral training network aims to address a skills gap in the photonics sector by training a cohort of 15 doctoral candidates with the advanced skills necessary for the development of innovative and enabling photonics components.
The network will deliver a research and training programme focused on key steps in product development from concept, through sustainable production and precise characterisation, right up to implementation, and will equip the doctoral candidates with the interdisciplinary skills necessary to drive the research forward.
The network fellows will design and develop robust dispersive components based on sub-wavelength grating-waveguide structures for intra-cavity and extra-cavity applications in high-power lasers operating in the 1 and 2 µm spectral regions.
In parallel, fellows will receive non-academic research exposure and training in innovation management, enterprise, and entrepreneurship, preparing them for future careers in photonic technology research and development.
