Overview

I joined the department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Exeter in June 2017 and established the 'Structured Light Group'. We are a team of 4 PhDs students and 2 postdoctoral researchers working on a range of projects spanning experimental optics and photonics, linked by their reliance on 'structured light' - precise shaping of the intensity, phase and polarisation (and also sometimes wavelength) of laser beams. Structured light fields find applications across many different areas of research. In particular, we use structured light to manipulate small particles in a microscope (optical tweezers), and to develop new types of imaging systems with capabilities beyond those of conventional cameras.

Read on for more information about our work, and see here for our recent publications: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?hl=en&user=MOJZLlAAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate

Optical Tweezers - Light carries momentum, and this momentum can be used to exert forces on and manipulate microscale objects such as single cells. To understand how this is possible, imagine shining a torch on a glass football - the torchlight bends as it refracts through the glass interfaces. The light exiting the football travels in a different direction from that entering the football. Since the momentum of the light has changed, so must have the momentum of the football (by conservation of momentum). Therefore the light exerts a force on the football. We don't normally notice this because the force is vanishingly small. However, if we shrink the glass football down to the size of a cell (~10 micrometers, a tenth of the width of a strand of hair) and replace the torch with a powerful laser beam, this force does become noticeable - at this scale we can use light to manipulate particles in a microscope - a technique known as optical tweezers. We study how optical tweezers can be used to image and investigate the microscopic world, including biological systems, in new ways.

Computational Imaging - The way we take pictures is changing. Conventional imaging systems use lenses to form an image directly onto a camera sensor (or a piece of film). Computational imaging systems offload the task of image formation to a computer, allowing the reconstruction of images from measurements on a scene in a more abstract way - without ever physically forming an image. This concept has spawned a wide range of new kinds of imaging system, that make use of an understanding of how light fields evolve as they propagate, or that can reconstruct images using just a single pixel by loading spatial image information onto temporal or spectral degrees of freedom. We develop new computational imaging systems that can take pictures at wavelengths where conventional camera sensors don't exist.

Complex Photonics - When light propagates through an opaque material, such as living tissue, it fragments and scatters multiple times. Such a situation is known as a complex photonic environment. This scattering scrambles any spatial information the light carries, preventing the formation of images of objects behind (or inside) the scattering system. Only relatively recently has it been shown that although highly complex, this process is deterministic, and it is possible to use digital light shaping technology to measure and reverse the scattering. This capability promises a range of powerful new imaging systems capable of imaging in situations previously intractable. Examples include imaging inside the human body using non-ionising visible light, imaging through fog, and imaging around corners. Before these developments can be fully realised there are many remaining obstacles, and we work on overcoming these challenges using concepts from the field of computational imaging to build next generation imaging systems.

Wherever possible we like to use numerical modelling to accompany experiments in the lab. - the beauty of this area of physics is that often the real world and the simulated world agree surprisingly well!

If you would like to know more about the work of the Structured Light Group then please drop me an email.

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Publications

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2024

• Penketh H, Ergoktas MS, Lawrence CR, Phillips DB, Cunningham JE, Hendry E, Mrnka M. (2024) Real-time millimeter wave holography with an arrayed detector, Optics Express, volume 32, no. 4, pages 5783-5792, DOI:10.1364/oe.513852.
• Kupianskyi H, Horsley SAR, Phillips DB. (2024) All-optically untangling light propagation through multimode fibers, Optica, volume 11, no. 1, DOI:10.1364/optica.502144.

2023

• Mekhail SP, Stellinga D, Phillips D, Selyem A, Turtaev S, Čižmár T, Padgett MJ. (2023) 3D Time-of-Flight Imaging Through a Single Multimode Fibre, Optica Imaging Congress (3D, COSI, DH, FLatOptics, IS, pcAOP), DOI:10.1364/isa.2023.iw5e.5.
• Milne A, Parker HE, Wright TA, Benoît A, Harrington K, Leach J, Phillips DB, Stone JM, Birks TA, Thomson RR. (2023) Coherent Beam Shaping with Multicore Fiber Photonic Lanterns, 2023 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2023, DOI:10.1109/CLEO/EUROPE-EQEC57999.2023.10232791.
• Mekhail SP, Stellinga D, Phillips D, Selyem A, Turtaev S, Čižmár T, Padgett M. (2023) Time-of-Flight 3D Single Fibre Endoscopy, EPJ Web of Conferences, volume 287, DOI:10.1051/epjconf/202328709022.
• Mrnka M, Penketh H, Hooper IR, Saxena S, Grant NE, Murphy JD, Phillips DB, Hendry E. (2023) Terahertz imaging through emissivity control, Optica, volume 10, no. 12, DOI:10.1364/optica.503936.
• Kupianskyi H, Būtaite UG, Horsley SAR, Phillips DB. (2023) Generalized spatial mode sorters for unscrambling light and imaging through multimode fibres, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, volume 12606, DOI:10.1117/12.3008334.
• Keenlyside B, Marques D, Redgewell N, Cherkashin M, Phillips D, Zhang E, Beard P, Guggenheim J. (2023) Ultrasonic field mapping through a multimode optical fibre, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, volume 12631, DOI:10.1117/12.2675616.
• Sharp C, Būtaitė UG, Horodynski M, Gibson GM, Rotter S, Taylor JM, Phillips DB. (2023) Moulding Optical Tweezers for 3D Enhanced Trapping, 2023 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC), DOI:10.1109/cleo/europe-eqec57999.2023.10231406.
• Sharp C, Mididoddi C, del Hougne P, Horsley S, Phillips DB. (2023) Steering Stable Light Fields Through Dynamic Scattering Media, 2023 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC), DOI:10.1109/cleo/europe-eqec57999.2023.10232664.
• Sheridan H. (2023) Developing Fibre Optic Raman Spectroscopy Probes for Cancer Diagnosis.
• Mrnka M, Penketh H, Hooper IR, Saxena S, Grant NE, Murphy JD, Phillips DB, Hendry E. (2023) Terahertz imaging through emissivity control. [PDF]
• Sun Q, Williamson J, Vettenburg T, Phillips DB, Martin H, Brambilla G, Jiang X, Beresna M. (2023) A scattering spectrometer for white light interferometry, Optics and Lasers in Engineering, volume 169, DOI:10.1016/j.optlaseng.2023.107743.
• Kupianskyi H, Horsley SAR, Phillips DB. (2023) All-optically untangling light propagation through multimode fibres. [PDF]
• Falak P, Lee T, Sun Q, Vettenburg T, Phillips DB, Brambilla G, Beresna M. (2023) Magnetic field sensing using laser written birefringent scattering medium, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, volume 12643, DOI:10.1117/12.2678130.
• Falak P, Sun Q, Vettenburg T, Lee T, Phillips DB, Brambilla G, Beresna M. (2023) Low-cost fiber Bragg grating interrogation with a femtosecond laser written scattering chip, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, volume 12408, DOI:10.1117/12.2648760.
• Būtaitė UG, Sharp C, Horodynski M, Gibson GM, Padgett MJ, Rotter S, Taylor JM, Phillips DB. (2023) Photon-efficient optical tweezers via wavefront shaping. [PDF]
• Phillips DB, Mididoddi C, Sharp C, Horsley S. (2023) Navigating stable light fields through moving complex scattering media, Adaptive Optics and Wavefront Control for Biological Systems IX, Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging, volume 12388, DOI:10.1117/12.2668377.
• Phillips DB, Li S, Būtaitė UG, Kupianskyi H, Horsley SAR, Čižmár T. (2023) New ways to look through multimode optical fibres, Adaptive Optics and Wavefront Control for Biological Systems IX, Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging, volume 12388, DOI:10.1117/12.2668358.
• Mididoddi CK, Sharp C, Hougne PD, Horsley SAR, Phillips DB. (2023) Threading light through dynamic complex media. [PDF]
• Kupianskyi H, Horsley SAR, Phillips DB. (2023) High-dimensional spatial mode sorting and optical circuit design using multi-plane light conversion, APL Photonics, volume 8, no. 2, DOI:10.1063/5.0128431. [PDF]

2022

• Kilpatrick RJ, Li S, Phillips DB. (2022) Towards Multi-Guide-Star Assisted Imaging Through Flexible Multimode Fibres, Optics InfoBase Conference Papers.
• Kupianskyi H, Horsley SAR, Phillips DB. (2022) High-dimensional spatial mode sorting using multi-plane light conversion (dataset).
• Būtaitė UG, Kupianskyi H, Čižmár T, Phillips DB. (2022) How to Build the “Optical Inverse” of a Multimode Fibre, Intelligent Computing, volume 2022, DOI:10.34133/2022/9816026. [PDF]
• Sun Q, Falak P, Vettenburg T, Lee T, Phillips DB, Brambilla G, Beresna M. (2022) Compact nano-void spectrometer based on a stable engineered scattering system, Photonics Research, volume 10, no. 10, DOI:10.1364/prj.465322.
• Kupianskyi H, Horsley SAR, Phillips DB. (2022) High-dimensional spatial mode sorting and optical circuit design using multi-plane light conversion, DOI:10.48550/arxiv.2209.11081.
• Cristiani I, Lacava C, Rademacher G, Puttnam BJ, Luis RS, Antonelli C, Mecozzi A, Shtaif M, Cozzolino D, Bacco D. (2022) Roadmap on multimode photonics, JOURNAL OF OPTICS, volume 24, no. 8, article no. ARTN 083001, DOI:10.1088/2040-8986/ac7a48. [PDF]
• Mrnka M, Hendry E, Láčík J, Lennon RA, Barr LE, Hooper I, Phillips DB. (2022) Space squeezing optics: Performance limits and implementation at microwave frequencies, APL Photonics, volume 7, no. 7, DOI:10.1063/5.0095735.
• Gigan S, Katz O, de Aguiar HB, Andresen ER, Aubry A, Bertolotti J, Bossy E, Bouchet D, Brake J, Brasselet S. (2022) Roadmap on wavefront shaping and deep imaging in complex media, Journal of Physics Photonics, volume 4, no. 4, DOI:10.1088/2515-7647/ac76f9.
• Falak PL, Sun Q, Vettenburg T, Lee T, Phillips DB, Brambilla G, Beresna M. (2022) Femtosecond laser written scattering chip for high-resolution low-cost reconstructive spectrometry, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, volume 12008, DOI:10.1117/12.2608748.
• Beresna M, Sun Q, Falak P, Phillips D, Vettenburg T, Masoudi A, Brambilla G. (2022) Laser-induced scattering structures for metrology and distributed sensing, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, volume 11988, DOI:10.1117/12.2607775.
• Stellinga D, Phillips DB, Mekhail SP, Selyem A, Turtaev S, Čižmár T, Padgett MJ. (2022) 3D imaging through a single optical fiber, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, volume 12016, DOI:10.1117/12.2616915.
• Būtaitė UG, Kupianskyi H, Čižmár T, Phillips DB. (2022) How to build the optical inverse of a multimode fibre, DOI:10.48550/arxiv.2204.02865.

2021

• Stellinga D, Phillips DB, Mekhail SP, Selyem A, Turtaev S, Cizmar T, Padgett MJ. (2021) Time-of-flight 3D imaging through multimode optical fibers, SCIENCE, volume 374, no. 6573, pages 1395-+, DOI:10.1126/science.abl3771. [PDF]
• Bütaite UG, Gibson GG, Ho YLD, Taverne M, Taylor JM, Phillips DB. (2021) Indirect optical Tweezing: Pinpoint particle control using optically engineered fluid flow, Optics InfoBase Conference Papers.
• Butaite U, Phillips D, Taylor J, Gibson G, Ho Y-L, Taverne M. (2021) Hydrodynamic micro manipulation on an optical tweezers platform, Proceedings of SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering, volume 11926, DOI:10.1117/12.2616156.
• Gigan S, Katz O, Aguiar HBD, Andresen ER, Aubry A, Bertolotti J, Bossy E, Bouchet D, Brake J, Brasselet S. (2021) Roadmap on Wavefront Shaping and deep imaging in complex media. [PDF]
• Mrnka M, Hendry E, Láčík J, Lennon RA, Barr LE, Hooper IR, Phillips DB. (2021) Space-squeezing optics in the microwave spectral region, DOI:10.48550/arxiv.2110.15022.
• Stellinga D, Phillips DB, Mekhail SP, Selyem A, Turtaev S, Čižmár T, Padgett MJ. (2021) Time of flight 3D imaging through multimode optical fibres, DOI:10.48550/arxiv.2107.11450.
• Li S, Horsley SAR, Tyc T, Čižmár T, Phillips DB. (2021) Memory effect assisted imaging through multimode optical fibres, Nature Communications, volume 12, no. 1, DOI:10.1038/s41467-021-23729-1.
• Li S, Saunders C, Lum DJ, Murray-Bruce J, Goyal VK, Čižmár T, Phillips DB. (2021) Compressively sampling the optical transmission matrix of a multimode fibre, Light Sci Appl, volume 10, no. 1, DOI:10.1038/s41377-021-00514-9. [PDF]
• Phillips D. (2021) Compressively sampling the optical transmission matrix of a multimode fibre (dataset).
• Phillips D. (2021) Memory effect assisted imaging through multimode optical fibres (dataset).

2020

• Li S, Saunders C, Lum DJ, Murray-Bruce J, Goyal VK, Cizmar T, Phillips DB. (2020) Compressively sampling the optical transmission matrix of a multimode fibre, DOI:10.48550/arxiv.2007.15891.
• Li S, Horsley SAR, Tyc T, Cizmar T, Phillips DB. (2020) Memory effect assisted imaging through multimode optical fibres, DOI:10.48550/arxiv.2005.06445.
• Barr LE, Karlsen P, Hornett SM, Hooper IR, Mrnka M, Lawrence CR, Phillips DB, Hendry E. (2020) Total internal reflection based super-resolution imaging for sub-IR frequencies, DOI:10.48550/arxiv.2006.02091.
• McNicholl D, Li S, Choudhury D, Repetti A, Griz-Sanchez I, Whyte G, Birks TA, Phillips DB, Wiaux Y, Thomson RR. (2020) Towards Photonic Lantern-Based Microendoscopy, 2020 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim, CLEO-PR 2020 - Proceedings, DOI:10.1364/CLEOPR.2020.C10D_5.
• Li S, McNicholl DK, Whyte G, Birks TA, Thomson RR, Phillips DB. (2020) Coherent control of light through laser written photonic lanterns, Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, volume Part F183-CLEO-SI 2020, DOI:10.1364/CLEO_SI.2020.SM1L.4.
• Choudhury D, McNicholl DK, Repetti A, Gris-Sánchez I, Li S, Phillips DB, Whyte G, Birks TA, Wiaux Y, Thomson RR. (2020) Computational optical imaging with a photonic lantern, Nature Communications, volume 11, no. 1, DOI:10.1038/s41467-020-18818-6.
• Mididoddi CK, Phillips D, Lennon R, Li S. (2020) High-fidelity off-axis digital optical phase conjugation with transmission matrix assisted calibration, DOI:10.24378/exe.2744. [PDF]
• Mididoddi CK, Phillips D, Lennon R, Li S. (2020) High-fidelity off-axis digital optical phase conjugation with transmission matrix assisted calibration.
• Li S, McNicholl DK, Whyte G, Birks TA, Thomson RR, Phillips DB. (2020) Coherent Control of Light through Laser Written Photonic Lanterns, Conference Proceedings - Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting-LEOS, volume 2020-May.
• Box SJ, Allen MP, Phillips DB, Simpson SH. (2020) Entropy production in an elementary, light driven micro-machine. [PDF]
• Butaite UG, Gibson GM, Ho YLD, Taverne M, Taylor JM, Phillips DB. (2020) Enhanced optical trapping, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, volume 11522, DOI:10.1117/12.2573773.
• Barr LE, Karlsen P, Hornett SM, Hooper IR, Mrnka M, Lawrence CR, Phillips DB, Hendry E. (2020) Total internal reflection based super-resolution imaging for sub-IR frequencies. [PDF]

2019

• Stellinga D, Phillips DB, Selyem A, Turtaev S, Čižmár T, Padgett MJ. (2019) Time of flight based 3D imaging through multimode optical fibres, Frontiers in Optics - Proceedings Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science APS/DLS, DOI:10.1364/FIO.2019.FW6F.4.
• Stellinga D, Phillips DB, Selyem A, Turtaev S, Cižmár T, Padgett MJ. (2019) Time of flight based 3D imaging through multimode optical fibres, Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, volume Part F144-FiO 2019, DOI:10.1364/FIO.2019.FW6F.4.pdf.
• Sun Q, Vettenburg T, Lee T, Phillips D, Beresna M, Brambilla G. (2019) Compact spectrometer chips based on Fs laser written multi-layer scattering medium, Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, volume Part F138-ACPC 2019.
• Sun Q, Vettenburg T, Lee T, Phillips D, Beresna M, Brambilla G. (2019) Compact spectrometer chips based on fs laser written multi-layer scattering medium, Asia Communications and Photonics Conference, ACP, volume 2019-November.
• Turtaev S, Leite IT, Mitchell KJ, Padgett MJ, Phillips DB, Cimár T. (2019) Exploiting digital micromirror device for holographic micro-endoscopy, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, volume 10932, DOI:10.1117/12.2509429.
• Johnson SD, Phillips DB, Ma Z, Ramachandran S, Padgett MJ. (2019) A light-in-flight single-pixel camera for use in the visible and short-wave infrared, Optics Express, volume 27, no. 7, pages 9829-9837, DOI:10.1364/OE.27.009829.
• Phillips DB. (2019) Indirect optical trapping using light driven micro-rotors for reconfigurable hydrodynamic manipulation, Nature Communications, volume 10, DOI:10.1038/s41467-019-08968-7. [PDF]

2018

• Stellinga D, Phillips DB, Edgar M, Turtaev S, Cizmar T, Padgett MJ. (2018) Imaging beyond a Multimode Fibre with Time of Flight Depth Information, 2018 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2018 - Proceedings.
• Johnson S, Edgar M, Phillips D, Padgett M. (2018) Sub-nanosecond Temporally Resolved Imaging with a Single Pixel Camera, 2018 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2018 - Proceedings.
• Butaite UG, Gibson G, Taylor J, Phillips DB. (2018) Hydrodynamic micro-manipulation using optically actuated flow control, OPTICAL MANIPULATION CONFERENCE, volume 10712, DOI:10.1117/12.2316516. [PDF]
• Johnson S, Edgar M, Phillips D, Padgett M. (2018) Sub-nanosecond temporally resolved imaging with a single pixel camera, Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, volume Part F93-CLEO_QELS 2018, DOI:10.1364/CLEO_QELS.2018.FW3F.7.
• Stellinga D, Phillips DB, Edgar M, Turtaev S, Cˇižmár T, Padgett MJ. (2018) Imaging beyond a multimode fibre with time of flight depth information, Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, volume Part F94-CLEO_SI 2018, DOI:10.1364/CLEO_SI.2018.STh3K.3.
• Gibson GM, Toninelli E, Horsley SAR, Spalding GC, Hendry E, Phillips DB, Padgett MJ. (2018) Reversal of orbital angular momentum arising from an extreme Doppler shift, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, volume 115, no. 15, pages 3800-3803, DOI:10.1073/pnas.1720776115. [PDF]
• Edgar M, Johnson S, Phillips D, Padgett M. (2018) Real-time computational photon-counting LiDAR, Optical Engineering, volume 57, no. 3, DOI:10.1117/1.OE.57.3.031304.

2017

• Phillips D, Simpson S, Hanna S. (2017) Chapter 3 Optomechanical microtools and shape-induced forces, Light Robotics: Structure-Mediated Nanobiophotonics, Elsevier, 65-98, DOI:10.1016/b978-0-7020-7096-9.00003-3.
• Phillips D, Simpson S, Hanna S. (2017) Optomechanical microtools and shape-induced forces, Light Robotics-Structure-Mediated Nanobiophotonics, 65-98, DOI:10.1016/B978-0-7020-7096-9.00003-3.
• Turtaev S, Leite IT, Mitchell KJ, Padgett MJ, Phillips DB, Cizmar T. (2017) Comparison of nematic liquid-crystal and DMD based spatial light modulation in complex photonics, OPTICS EXPRESS, volume 25, no. 24, pages 29874-29884, DOI:10.1364/OE.25.029874. [PDF]
• Gibson GM, Sun B, Edgar MP, Phillips DB, Padgett MJ, Hempler N, Maker GT, Malcolm GPA. (2017) Real-time imaging of methane gas leaks using a single-pixel camera, Pipeline and Gas Journal, volume 244, no. 10.
• Phillips DB, Sun M-J, Taylor JM, Edgar MP, Barnett SM, Gibson GM, Padgett MJ. (2017) Adaptive foveated single-pixel imaging with dynamic supersampling, SCIENCE ADVANCES, volume 3, no. 4, article no. ARTN e1601782, DOI:10.1126/sciadv.1601782. [PDF]
• Gibson GM, Sun B, Edgar MP, Phillips DB, Hempler N, Maker GT, Malcolm GPA, Padgett MJ. (2017) Real-time imaging of methane gas leaks using a single-pixel camera, Optics Express, volume 25, no. 4, pages 2998-3005, DOI:10.1364/OE.25.002998.
• Mitchell KJ, Turtaev S, Padgett MJ, Čižmár T, Phillips DB. (2017) High-speed polarisation shaping of arbitrary vector beams using a digital micro-mirror device, Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, volume Part F41-CLEO_SI 2017, DOI:10.1364/CLEO_SI.2017.STu4O.2.
• Mitchell KJ, Radwell N, Franke-Arnold S, Padgett MJ, Phillips DB. (2017) Polarisation structuring of broadband light, Optics Express, volume 25, no. 21, pages 25079-25089, DOI:10.1364/OE.25.025079.
• Stantchev RI, Phillips DB, Hobson P, Hornett SM, Padgett MJ, Hendry E. (2017) Compressed sensing with near-field THz radiation, OPTICA, volume 4, no. 8, pages 989-992, DOI:10.1364/OPTICA.4.000989. [PDF]

2016

• Phillips DB, Sun M-J, Taylor JM, Edgar MP, Barnett SM, Gibson GG, Padgett MJ. (2016) Adaptive foveated single-pixel imaging with dynamic super-sampling, DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1607.08236.
• Sun MJ, Edgar MP, Phillips DB, Gibson GM, Padgett MJ. (2016) Improving the signal-to-noise ratio of single-pixel imaging using digital microscanning, Optics Express, volume 24, no. 10, pages 10476-10485, DOI:10.1364/OE.24.010476.
• Phillips DB, He R, Chen Q, Gibson GM, Padgett MJ. (2016) Non-diffractive computational ghost imaging, Optics Express, volume 24, no. 13, pages 14172-14182, DOI:10.1364/OE.24.014172.
• Mitchell KJ, Turtaev S, Padgett MJ, Čižmár T, Phillips DB. (2016) High-speed spatial control of the intensity, phase and polarisation of vector beams using a digital micro-mirror device, Optics Express, volume 24, no. 25, pages 29269-29282, DOI:10.1364/OE.24.029269.
• Edgar MP, Sun MJ, Gibson GM, Spalding GC, Phillips DB, Padgett MJ. (2016) Real-time 3D video utilizing a compressed sensing time-of-flight single-pixel camera, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, volume 9922, DOI:10.1117/12.2239113.
• Lee MP, Phillips DB. (2016) Optical forces, Microrheology with Optical Tweezers: Principles and Applications, 81-101, DOI:10.4032/9789814669191.
• Toninelli E, Aspden RS, Phillips D, Gibson GM, Padgett MJ. (2016) The transition from a coherent optical vortex to a Rankine vortex: beam contrast dependence on topological charge, JOURNAL OF MODERN OPTICS, volume 63, pages 551-556, DOI:10.1080/09500340.2016.1234651. [PDF]

2015

• Sun M-J, Edgar MP, Phillips DB, Gibson GM, Padgett MJ. (2015) Infrared single-pixel imaging utilising microscanning, DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1511.02637.
• Simpson SH, Phillips DB, Brzobohatý O, Antognozzi M, Hanna S, Zemánek P. (2015) Shape adapted optical forces and interactions, Optical Trapping Applications, OTA 2015, DOI:10.1364/ota.2015.otm4e.3.
• Phillips DB, Hay RF, Gibson GG, Simpson SH, Padgett MJ. (2015) Hydrodynamic interactions in driven systems, Optical Trapping Applications, OTA 2015, DOI:10.1364/ota.2015.otm3e.1.
• Simpson SH, Phillips DB, Brzobohatý O, Antognozzi M, Hanna S, Zemánek P. (2015) Shape adapted optical forces and interactions, Optical Trapping Applications, OTA 2015.
• Phillips DB, Hay RF, Gibson GG, Simpson SH, Padgett MJ. (2015) Hydrodynamic interactions in driven systems, Optical Trapping Applications, OTA 2015.
• Liu R, Phillips DB, Li F, Williams MD, Andrews DL, Padgett MJ. (2015) Discrete emitters as a source of orbital angular momentum, JOURNAL OF OPTICS, volume 17, no. 4, article no. ARTN 045608, DOI:10.1088/2040-8978/17/4/045608. [PDF]
• Li H, Phillips DB, Wang X, Ho YLD, Chen L, Zhou X, Zhu J, Yu S, Cai X. (2015) Integrated optical vortex vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers, CLEO: Science and Innovations, CLEO-SI 2015, DOI:10.1364/CLEO_AT.2015.JTh5A.4.
• Li H, Phillips D, Wang X, Ho D, Chen L, Zhou X, Zhu J, Yu S, Cai X. (2015) Orbital angular momentum integrated photonic devices, Optoelectronic Devices and Integration, OEDI 2015, DOI:10.1364/OEDI.2015.OT3C.2.
• Hay RF, Gibson GM, Simpson SH, Padgett MJ, Phillips DB. (2015) 'Lissajous-like' trajectories in optical tweezers, Optics Express, volume 23, no. 25, pages 31716-31727, DOI:10.1364/OE.23.031716.
• Liu R, Li F, Padgett MJ, Phillips DB. (2015) Generalized photon sieves: Fine control of complex fields with simple pinhole arrays, Optica, volume 2, no. 12, pages 1028-1036, DOI:10.1364/OPTICA.2.001028.
• Li H, Phillips DB, Wang X, Ho Y-LD, Chen L, Zhou X, Zhu J, Yu S, Cai X. (2015) Integrated Optical Vortex Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers, 2015 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS (CLEO). [PDF]
• Li H, Phillips DB, Wang X, Ho Y-LD, Chen L, Zhou X, Zhu J, Yu S, Cai X. (2015) Orbital angular momentum vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers, OPTICA, volume 2, no. 6, pages 547-552, DOI:10.1364/OPTICA.2.000547. [PDF]
• Phillips DB, Debono L, Simpson SH, Padgett MJ. (2015) Optically controlled hydrodynamic micro-manipulation, OPTICAL TRAPPING AND OPTICAL MICROMANIPULATION XII, volume 9548, DOI:10.1117/12.2191341. [PDF]
• Phillips DB, Padgett MJ, Rarity JG, Miles MJ, Simpson SH. (2015) Fabricating microscopic tools: towards optically actuated micro-robotic, ADVANCED FABRICATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR MICRO/NANO OPTICS AND PHOTONICS VIII, volume 9374, DOI:10.1117/12.2084812. [PDF]
• Box S, Debono L, Phillips DB, Simpson SH. (2015) Transitional behavior in hydrodynamically coupled oscillators, PHYSICAL REVIEW E, volume 91, no. 2, article no. ARTN 022916, DOI:10.1103/PhysRevE.91.022916. [PDF]
• Debono LJ, Box S, Phillips DB, Simpson SH, Hanna S. (2015) Hydrodynamic synchronisation of optically driven rotors, OPTICAL TRAPPING AND OPTICAL MICROMANIPULATION XII, volume 9548, DOI:10.1117/12.2192094. [PDF]

2014

• Hay RF, Gibson GM, Lee MP, Padgett MJ, Phillips DB. (2014) Four-directional stereo-microscopy for 3D particle tracking with real-time error evaluation, OPTICS EXPRESS, volume 22, no. 15, pages 18662-18667, DOI:10.1364/OE.22.018662. [PDF]
• Lee MP, Gibson GM, Phillips D, Padgett MJ, Tassieri M. (2014) Dynamic stereo microscopy for studying particle sedimentation, OPTICS EXPRESS, volume 22, no. 4, pages 4671-4677, DOI:10.1364/OE.22.004671. [PDF]
• Cicuta P, Bruot N, Kotar J, Debono L, Phillips D, Box S, Simpson S, Hanna S. (2014) Emergence of Collective Dynamics in Systems of Motile Cilia, BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL, volume 106, no. 2, pages 243A-243A, DOI:10.1016/j.bpj.2013.11.1425. [PDF]
• Andrews DL, Williams MD, Bradshaw DS, Lui R, Phillips DB, Franke-Arnold S, Padgett MJ. (2014) Nanoarrays for the generation of complex optical wave-forms, METAMATERIALS: FUNDAMENTALS AND APPLICATIONS 2014, volume 9160, DOI:10.1117/12.2060714. [PDF]
• Hay RF, Gibson GM, Lee MP, Padgett MJ, Phillips DB. (2014) Quad stereo-microscopy, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, volume 9164, DOI:10.1117/12.2061913.
• Box S, Debono L, Bruot N, Kotar J, Cicuta P, Miles M, Hanna S, Phillips D, Simpson S. (2014) Investigating hydrodynamic synchronisation using holographic optical tweezers, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, volume 9164, DOI:10.1117/12.2064320.
• Phillips DB, Sun MJ, Edgar MP, Taylor JM, Gibson GG, Barnett SM, Padgett MJ. (2014) Computational imaging with adaptive spatially-variable resolution, Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, DOI:10.1364/FIO.2016.FTh5C.5.
• Bowman RW, Gibson GM, Linnenberger A, Phillips DB, Grieve JA, Carberry DM, Serati S, Miles MJ, Padgett MJ. (2014) "Red Tweezers": Fast, customisable hologram generation for optical tweezers, COMPUTER PHYSICS COMMUNICATIONS, volume 185, no. 1, pages 268-273, DOI:10.1016/j.cpc.2013.08.008. [PDF]
• Phillips DB, Lee MP, Speirits FC, Barnett SM, Simpson SH, Lavery MPJ, Padgett MJ, Gibson GM. (2014) Rotational Doppler velocimetry to probe the angular velocity of spinning microparticles, PHYSICAL REVIEW A, volume 90, no. 1, article no. ARTN 011801, DOI:10.1103/PhysRevA.90.011801. [PDF]
• Phillips DB, Padgett MJ, Hanna S, Ho Y-LD, Carberry DM, Miles MJ, Simpson SH. (2014) Shape-induced force fields in optical trapping, NATURE PHOTONICS, volume 8, no. 5, pages 400-405, DOI:10.1038/nphoton.2014.74. [PDF]
• Bassindale PG, Phillips DB, Barnes AC, Drinkwater BW. (2014) Measurements of the force fields within an acoustic standing wave using holographic optical tweezers, APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, volume 104, no. 16, article no. ARTN 163504, DOI:10.1063/1.4872462. [PDF]
• Phillips DB, Lee MP, Speirits FC, Barnett SM, Simpson SH, Lavery MPJ, Padgett MJ, Gibson GM. (2014) Observation of the rotational Doppler effect from an optically trapped micro-particle, OPTICAL TRAPPING AND OPTICAL MICROMANIPULATION XI, volume 9164, DOI:10.1117/12.2061994. [PDF]
• Strain MJ, Cai X, Wang J, Zhu J, Phillips DB, Chen L, Lopez-Garcia M, O'Brien JL, Thompson MG, Sorel M. (2014) Fast electrical switching of orbital angular momentum modes using ultra-compact integrated vortex emitters, NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, volume 5, article no. ARTN 4856, DOI:10.1038/ncomms5856. [PDF]

2013

• Phillips DB, Gibson GM, Bowman R, Padgett MJ, Rarity JG, Carberry DM, Hanna S, Miles MJ, Simpson SH. (2013) Fashioning microscopic tools, Optical Trapping Applications, OTA 2013, DOI:10.1364/ota.2013.tm2d.3.
• Simpson SH, Phillips DB, Hanna S. (2013) Optimising forces and torques for optical micromanipulation, COMPLEX LIGHT AND OPTICAL FORCES VII, volume 8637, DOI:10.1117/12.2008950. [PDF]
• Simpson SH, Phillips DB, Carberry DM, Hanna S. (2013) Bespoke optical springs and passive force clamps from shaped dielectric particles, JOURNAL OF QUANTITATIVE SPECTROSCOPY & RADIATIVE TRANSFER, volume 126, pages 91-98, DOI:10.1016/j.jqsrt.2012.10.014. [PDF]
• Kotar J, Debono L, Bruot N, Box S, Phillips D, Simpson S, Hanna S, Cicuta P. (2013) Optimal Hydrodynamic Synchronization of Colloidal Rotors, PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, volume 111, no. 22, article no. ARTN 228103, DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.228103. [PDF]
• Muhiddin C, Phillips DB, Miles MJ, Picco L, Carberry DM. (2013) Kinect 4 ... holographic optical tweezers, JOURNAL OF OPTICS, volume 15, no. 7, article no. ARTN 075302, DOI:10.1088/2040-8978/15/7/075302. [PDF]
• Lee MP, Gibson GM, Bowman R, Bernet S, Ritsch-Marte M, Phillips DB, Padgett MJ. (2013) A multi-modal stereo microscope based on a spatial light modulator, OPTICS EXPRESS, volume 21, no. 14, pages 16541-16551, DOI:10.1364/OE.21.016541. [PDF]
• Lee MP, Gibson G, Tassieri M, Phillips D, Bernet S, Ritsch-Marte M, Padgett MJ. (2013) Spatial light modulation for improved microscope stereo vision and 3D tracking, OPTICAL TRAPPING AND OPTICAL MICROMANIPULATION X, volume 8810, DOI:10.1117/12.2027734. [PDF]
• Phillips DB, Whyte G, Carberry DM, Hanna S, Miles MJ, Padgett MJ, Simpson SH. (2013) Fashioning microscopic tools, OPTICAL TRAPPING AND OPTICAL MICROMANIPULATION X, volume 8810, DOI:10.1117/12.2024230. [PDF]
• Miles M, Picco LM, Harniman RL, Phillips DB, Payton OD, Ulcinas A, Antognozzi M, Engledew DJ, Vicary J, Gibson G. (2013) High-Speed AFM with a Light Touch, BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL, volume 104, no. 2, pages 386A-386A, DOI:10.1016/j.bpj.2012.11.2155. [PDF]

2012

• Olof SN, Grieve JA, Phillips DB, Rosenkranz H, Yallop ML, Miles MJ, Patil AJ, Mann S, Carberry DM. (2012) Measuring Nanoscale Forces with Living Probes, NANO LETTERS, volume 12, no. 11, pages 6018-6023, DOI:10.1021/nl303585w. [PDF]
• Simpson SH, Phillips DB, Swartzlander GAJ, Hanna S. (2012) Geometry optimization for optical micromanipulation, OPTICAL TRAPPING AND OPTICAL MICROMANIPULATION IX, volume 8458, DOI:10.1117/12.2008391. [PDF]
• Baos SC, Phillips DB, Wildling L, McMaster TJ, Berry M. (2012) Distribution of Sialic Acids on Mucins and Gels: A Defense Mechanism, BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL, volume 102, no. 1, pages 176-184, DOI:10.1016/j.bpj.2011.08.058. [PDF]
• Gibson GM, Bowman RW, Linnenberger A, Dienerowitz M, Phillips DB, Carberry DM, Miles MJ, Padgett MJ. (2012) A compact holographic optical tweezers instrument, REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS, volume 83, no. 11, article no. ARTN 113107, DOI:10.1063/1.4768303. [PDF]
• Phillips DB, Gibson GM, Bowman R, Padgett MJ, Hanna S, Carberry DM, Miles MJ, Simpson SH. (2012) An optically actuated surface scanning probe, OPTICS EXPRESS, volume 20, no. 28, pages 29679-29693, DOI:10.1364/OE.20.029679. [PDF]
• Phillips DB, Simpson SH, Grieve JA, Bowman R, Gibson GM, Padgett MJ, Rarity JG, Hanna S, Miles MJ, Carberry DM. (2012) Force sensing with a shaped dielectric micro-tool, EPL, volume 99, no. 5, article no. ARTN 58004, DOI:10.1209/0295-5075/99/58004. [PDF]
• Grieve JA, Phillips DB, Hanna S, Bowman RW, Gibson GM, Padgett MJ, Miles MJ, Carberry DM, Simpson SH. (2012) Non-spherical optically trapped probes: design, control, and applications, OPTICAL TRAPPING AND OPTICAL MICROMANIPULATION IX, volume 8458, DOI:10.1117/12.930871. [PDF]

2011

• Phillips DB, Schäfer H, Steinhart M, Padgett MJ, Miles MJ, Carberry DM. (2011) Surface imaging using optically controlled microrods, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, volume 8097, DOI:10.1117/12.893796.
• Bowman RW, Gibson GM, Carberry DM, Picco L, Phillips D, Miles MJ, Padgett MJ. (2011) ITweezers: From toy to tool, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, volume 8097, DOI:10.1117/12.897435.
• Phillips DB, Simpson SH, Grieve JA, Gibson GM, Bowman R, Padgett MJ, Miles MJ, Carberry DM. (2011) Position clamping of optically trapped microscopic non-spherical probes, OPTICS EXPRESS, volume 19, no. 21, pages 20622-20627, DOI:10.1364/OE.19.020622. [PDF]
• Phillips DB, Carberry DM, Simpson SH, Schaefer H, Steinhart M, Bowman R, Gibson GM, Padgett MJ, Hanna S, Miles MJ. (2011) Optimizing the optical trapping stiffness of holographically trapped microrods using high-speed video tracking, JOURNAL OF OPTICS, volume 13, no. 4, article no. ARTN 044023, DOI:10.1088/2040-8978/13/4/044023. [PDF]
• Phillips DB, Grieve JA, Olof SN, Kocher SJ, Bowman R, Padgett MJ, Miles MJ, Carberry DM. (2011) Surface imaging using holographic optical tweezers, Nanotechnology, volume 22, no. 28, pages 285503-285503, DOI:10.1088/0957-4484/22/28/285503. [PDF]

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