Communications research in the department includes looking at microwave and terahertz devices for communication and sensing and developing extremely low-noise microwave amplifiers based on both organic paramagnetic materials and on defect centres in diamond and silicon carbide.

Our research has had an impact in various areas, including security, healthcare, aerospace communications and quantum technologies.

Our research explores:

• Extremely low-noise microwave amplifiers for space and healthcare applications
• Ultra-low phase-noise devices for communications
• Blood analysis by microfluidic-resonator assemblies
• Single-cell detection in biological liquids
• Exceptionally narrow linewidth of the maser oscillation will lead to clocks and timing applications
• New computing solutions
• Exploiting degrees of freedom in materials