Enormous congratulations to Dr Krishna C. Balram, Associate Professor in Quantum Photonic Engineering, who has been awarded a grant to continue his work into acoustic waves.
Dr Balram explained: "There are currently billions of acoustic wave devices in widespread use. Every modern smartphone has O(50) RF filters and this number is only going up with every generation.
"Despite the wide range of frequencies, materials and device geometries involved, every acoustic wave device in current use shares one common characteristic: they all rely on manipulating quasi-plane waves of sound. The project SOUNDMASTER addresses what new information processing and sensing paradigms can be enabled if we can efficiently manipulate GHz frequency acoustic waves in wavelength-scale geometries.
"I am grateful to the ERC for their continued support and would like to thank my students, postdocs and colleagues for all the things I have learnt from them over the years."
Dr Balram is one of the 308 researchers selected for this year’s Consolidator Grants. The funding is designed to support excellent scientists and scholars where they may still be consolidating their own independent research teams to pursue their most promising scientific ideas.