Professor Paul Spencer

Pro Vice-Chancellor [Research]

Contact info

Position: Dean of College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Professor

Email: p.spencer@bangor.ac.uk

Phone: (01248) 382738

Location: Room 145, Dean Street

 

Prof Paul S. Spencer received a B.Sc. degree in applied physics and a Ph.D. degree in electronic engineering from the University of Bath, in 1990 and 1994, respectively. From 1994 to 1996, he was a research assistant at the University of Bath. In 1996, he moved to Bangor becoming a lecturer in 1998, a senior lecturer in 2003 and receiving a Personal Chair in 2006. In 2007 he was appointed Head of the School of Electronic Engineering, a post he held for seven years. In 2009 he was appointed Head of the College of Physical and Applied Sciences and in 2017 he was appointed Dean of the College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering

His main research interests are semiconductor laser dynamics, optical feedback effects, pulse propagation, and optical waveguide properties of optoelectronic devices. He has been an author on over 100 journal papers and 140 conference papers and is a regular reviewer archival journals. In 2000 he won the Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) best engineering poster award.

  1. Paper › Research › Not peer-reviewed
  2. Published

    Identification of the optimum time-delay for chaos synchronisation regimes of semiconductor lasers

    Peters-Flynn, S., Spencer, P. S., Sivaprakasam, S., Pierce, I. & Shore, K. A., 1 Apr 2006.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  3. Published

    Impact of polarization rotated feedback on polarization switching in VCSELs.

    Paul, J., Masoller, C., Hong, Y., Spencer, P. S. & Shore, K. A., 1 Apr 2007.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  4. Published

    Incoherent optical feedback regimes in semiconductor lasers: Theory and Experiment

    Ju, R., Spencer, P. S. & Shore, K. A., 1 Apr 2004.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  5. Published

    Influence of optical feedback on anticorrelation polarisation dynamics in VCSELs

    Hong, Y., Paul, J., Spencer, P. S. & Shore, K. A., 1 Apr 2006.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  6. Published

    Integrity of all-optical data encryption using chaotic external-cavity diode lasers.

    Sivaprakasam, S., Paul, J., Spencer, P. S. & Shore, K. A., 1 Apr 2001.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  7. Published

    Modeling polarization competition in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers with current modulation

    Spencer, P. S., Torre, M. S., Masoller, C. & Shore, K. A., 1 Apr 2007.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

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    Nullified time-of-flight lead-lag in synchronisation of chaotic external cavity laser diodes

    Spencer, P. S., Sivaprakasam, S. S., Rees, P. & Shore, K. A., 14 Oct 2003.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  10. Published

    Optical Chaos Communications using Laser Diodes.

    Lee, M. W., Paul, J., Hong, Y., Pierce, I., Spencer, P. S. & Shore, K. A., 21 Nov 2006.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  11. Published

    Optical Feedback Applications.

    Spencer, P. S., 1 May 2005.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper