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Corin Gawith is a Professorial Fellow Enterprise at the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ where he holds the Covesion / Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair on Nonlinear Optical Materials by Ultra-Precision Machining. He is also Co-Founder and CTO of the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ spin-out company , a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, and member of the EPSRC College.
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Current research
Corin's research projects include:
Royal Academy of Engineering 1718639 Research Chair in Nonlinear Optical Materials by Ultra-Precision Machining
EPSRC Photonic Ultra-High-Q Resonators (PURE)
EPSRC Ultra-precision machining of optoelectronics and microsystems (UPROAR)
Innovate UK Broadband Quantum Synthesiser (BQS)
Innovate UK Calcium Ion Frequency Standard (CIFS)
Innovate UK / SBRI HARLEQUIN - High-Accuracy Robust Deployable Quantum Inertial Navigation
EPSRC Quantum Technology Hub in Quantum Imaging (QuantiC)
Innovate UK Upconversion of Single Photons for Environmental Sensing (UP-SENSE)
DSTL PhD CASE Studentship on Upconversion using PPLN waveguides
Innovate UK QT ASSEMBLE
Innovate UK Q-VIEW
Innovate UK / EUROSTARS E114926 Next generation Wavelength Meters for the Mid-Infrared Enabled by Upconversion in Waveguides (NEW-VIEUW)
Innovate UK Blue Laser Integration with Networked Quantum-Memories (BLINQ)
Innovate UK High Rate of Entangled Photons (HiREP)
Innovate UK Mid-IR Upconversion Single Photon Detection (MIRUS)
EPSRC & DSTL PhD CASE Studentship on Quasi-Phase-Matched Materials for Active Sensing in the Midinfrared Waveband
Innovate UK Space-certified Nonlinear Optics for Rugged Quantum Lasers (SNORQL)
Innovate UK PIONEER GRAVITY
Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Partnership with Covesion Ltd
EPSRC Quantum Technology Hub for Sensors & Metrology
EPSRC Quantum Technology Hub for Networked Quantum Information Technology (NQIT)
Innovate UK & EPSRC Cold Atom Space Payload (CASPA)
Innovate UK & EPSRC Establishing Supply Chains for Emergent Quantum Computers (ESCHER)
Innovate UK Polarisation Entangled Photon Emitter (PEPE)
British Council & Newton Fund DTC16033 Dengue Tech Challenge
EPSRC & Covesion PhD CASE Studentship on Development of High-Performance Nonlinear Optical Materials
Innovate UK Quantum Waveguides for Indistinguishable Single Photon Sources (QWISPS-2)
Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Partnership with Covesion Ltd
Innovate UK & EPSRC Quantum Waveguides for Indistinguishable Single Photon Sources (QWISPS)
EPSRC Integrated Photonic Materials and Devices
Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Partnership with Covesion Ltd
European Commission FET Coherently Enhanced Raman One-Beam Stand-off Spectroscopic Tracing of Airborne Pollutants (CROSS-TRAP)
Innovate UK Compact Frequency Converters – From RGB to Emission Effusiometry (CFC-FREE)
Innovate UK Tuning Out the Matrix – High Energy Lasers for Biomedical Imaging
EPSRC Multi-wavelength tunable lasers for gas spectroscopy
Innovate UK High Energy Laser Projection Systems (HELPS)
European Commission Ultrafast Technology for Multicolour Compact High-Power Fiber Systems (URANUS)
EPSRC Zinc Waveguide Enhanced Periodically Poled Lithium Niobate (ZEPPLiN)
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Biography
Corin's research focuses on the development of manufacturing processes for nonlinear optical materials used in wavelength conversion, a photonics technology used to change the wavelength of lasers to enable new applications in quantum technologies, defence, sensing, and laser displays. His work is primarily based on academic-industrial collaborations with funding support from Innovate UK, EPSRC, the Royal Academy of Engineering, DSTL, the European Commission, the British Council, the Newton Fund, and direct industrial contracts.
Corin collaborates on some of the UK's largest quantum technology projects, including Innovate UK quantum technology flagship projects (2020-2024), (2018-2021) and (2017-2019) and the EPSRC (2019-2024), the EPSRC (2014-2019), and the EPSRC (2014-2019).
In 2018, Corin was awarded the 5-year Covesion / Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair in Nonlinear Optical Materials by Ultra-Precision Machining. In 2023, this was extended to 10 years based on his exemplary contributions to Research and Enterprise.
In 2008, Corin Co-Founded the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ spin-out company to commercialise his research on Magnesium-doped Periodically Poled Lithium Niobate (MgO:PPLN). He was seconded to Covesion from 2009-2014, establishing the company from start up to profitable business. In his ongoing role as CTO, Corin coordinates an academic-industrial research team developing new technologies and products, often supported by funding from Innovate UK.
In 2003, Corin Co-Founded the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ spin-out company, Stratophase Ltd (2003-2018) to develop systems for biochemical sensing.
Prizes
- Fellow of Institution of Engineering and Technology (2024)