Dr. Frank H. Peters

Lecturer
Physics Department
University College Cork
Ireland

Room: Kane (Science) 116A
Phone:+353 (0)21 4902381
Fax : +353 (0)21 4276949
Email:F.Peters (at) UCC.ie

Winter Classes 2010

Autumn Classes 2009

MSc in Photonics

Research Positions             

Principle Investigator of Photonic Integration from Atoms to Systems (PiFAS)

Leads the Integrated Photonics Group, as part of the Photonics centre at the Tyndall National Institute

Research Interests

  • Photonics Integrated Circuits (PICs)

    • Monolithic and Hybrid Integration

    • High Speed Photonic Devices

    • Physics of Optical Waveguides

    • Semiconductor Lasers

    • Planar Optical Devices

    • Computational Modelling

  • Photonics Systems

    • Implementation of advanced modulation schemes in PICs

  • Characterisation and Test

    • Automation and characterisation of Photonic Devices

Education

1991 Ph.D. in Engineering Physics
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont. Canada
Thesis topic: Spatially Resolved and Polarization Resolved Electroluminescence of 1.3 mm InGaAsP Semiconductor Diode Lasers
Thesis advisor: Prof. D. T. Cassidy
1987 B. Eng. in Engineering Physics
Technical University of Nova Scotia, Halifax, N.S. Canada
1984 Dip. Eng. in Engineering
Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S. Canada

Professional Employment

2005- Lecturer in Photonics
Department of Physics, University College Cork, Ireland 
2001-2005

Member of Technical Staff
Infinera, Sunnyvale, CA, USA

(formerly known as Zepton Networks)

2000-2001 Research Engineer / Manager
Agilent Technologies, San Jose, CA, USA
1993-2000

Principle Scientist / Research and Development Engineer
Optical Concepts / Gore Photonics (W. L. Gore and Associates), Lompoc, CA USA

1991-1993

Research Engineer
ECE Department, UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA, USA

Supervisor: Prof. L. A. Coldren

1987

Summer Student
Laboratory of Microstructures, National Research Council, Ottawa, Ont. Canada

Supervisor: D. Houghton

Publications

Presentations

Patents

Vertical Software (a remnant of previous research)

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