Prof. Frank H. Peters

Professor
Physics Department
University College Cork
Ireland

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

ResearcherID: G-8005-2011

Semester 1 Classes 2017

• PY1054 Special Topics in Physics
• Text: none
• PY3108 Experimental Methods II
• Text: none
• PY4113 Experimental Physics III
• Text: None
• PY4118 Physics of Semiconductor Devices
• Text: None, but recommendations provided

4th Year Physics Information Page

Semester 2 Classes 2018

• PY2108 Experimental Methods I
• Text: none
• PY3101 Optics
• Text: TBD

MSc in Photonics (postponed by SEFS until 2018)

Research Positions:      

Part of the leadership of I-PIC, the Irish Photonics Integration Centre.

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

Research Interests

· Photonics Integrated Circuits (PICs)

o Monolithic and Hybrid Integration

o High Speed Photonic Devices

o Physics of Optical Waveguides

o Semiconductor Lasers

o Planar Optical Devices

o Computational Modelling

· Photonics Systems

o 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

2014-	Professor in Photonics Department of Physics, University College Cork, Ireland
2013-2014	Senior Lecturer in Photonics Department of Physics, University College Cork, Ireland
2005-2013	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

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This site was last updated 8 September 2017