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Corin's research focuses on development and manufacturing processes of nonlinear optical materials used in wavelength conversion and photonics technology to enable new applications in quantum technologies, defense, sensing, and laser displays. His work is primarily based on academic-industrial collaborations with funding support from Innovate UK, EPSRC, Royal Academy of Engineering, DSTL, European Commission, British Council, Newton Fund, and direct industrial contracts. Corin collaborates on the UK's largest quantum technology projects, including Innovate UK's flagship projects QT Assemble (2020-2024), Pioneer Gravity (2018-2021), and Cold Atom Space Payload (CASPA) (2017-2019). In 2018, he was awarded a 5-year Covesion/Royal Academy Engineering Research Chair in Nonlinear Optical Materials and Ultra-Precision Machining, which was extended for 10 years in 2023 due to his exemplary contributions to research and enterprise. Corin co-founded the University of Southampton spin-out company, Covesion, in 2008 to commercialize research on Magnesium-doped Periodically Poled Lithium Niobate (MgO:PPLN). He served as CTO of Covesion from 2009 to 2014 and continues to coordinate an academic-industrial research team to develop new technologies and products, supported by funding from Innovate UK. Additionally, he co-founded another spin-out company, Stratophase Ltd, from 2003 to 2018 for biochemical sensing systems.
University of Southampton • Southampton, England
Holds the Covesion / Royal Academy Engineering Research Chair in Nonlinear Optical Materials and Ultra-Precision Machining.
Covesion Ltd • Southampton, England
Co-founded the spin-out company to commercialize research in nonlinear optical materials.