Professor Paul Spencer
Pro Vice-Chancellor [Research]
Affiliations
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.
- Article › Research › Peer-reviewed
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Optical frequency-domain ranging using a frequency-shifted feedback distributed-feedback laser.
Paul, J., Hong, Y. H., Spencer, P. S., Pierce, I. & Shore, K. A., 1 Dec 2007, In: IET Optoelectronics. 1, 6, p. 277-279Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Optically modulated chaotic communication scheme using external-cavity length as a key to security
Paul, J., Sivaprakasam, S., Spencer, P. S. & Shore, K. A., 1 Mar 2003, In: Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics. 20, 3, p. 497-503Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Optimization of adaptively modulated optical OFDM modems for multimode fiber-based local area networks
Jin, X., Tang, J., Spencer, P. S. & Shore, K. A., 1 Mar 2008, In: Journal of Optical Networking. 7, 3, p. 198-214Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Polarization-preserved and polarization-rotated synchronization of chaotic vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers
Ju, R., Spencer, P. & Shore, K. A., 1 Dec 2005, In: IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. 41, 12, p. 1461-1467Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Polychromatic coupled cavity model of passive structures.
Perkins, D., Spencer, P. S. & Rees, P., 1 Apr 2005, In: IEE Proceedings: Optoelectronics. 152, 2, p. 58-65Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Power and frequency dependence of hysteresis in optically bistable injection-locked VCSELs.
Hong, Y., Spencer, P. & Shore, K. A., 26 Apr 2001, In: Electronics Letters. 37, 9, p. 569-570Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Root locus method for predicting the stability of laser diodes with optical feedback
Pierce, I., Rees, P., Spencer, P. & Shore, K. A., 8 Jun 2000, In: Electronics Letters. 36, 12, p. 1029-1031Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Semiconductor lasers subject to polarisation-rotated optical feedback.
Ju, R., Hong, Y. & Spencer, P. S., 1 Jun 2006, In: IEE Proceedings: Optoelectronics. 153, 3, p. 131-137Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Simple and accurate optical frequency domain ranging using off-the-shelf DFB lasers subject to frequency-shifted optical feedback
Paul, J., Hong, Y., Spencer, P., Pierce, I. & Shore, K. A., 1 Nov 2007, In: IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. 19, 21-24, p. 1708-1710Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Statistical Investigations of the Transmission Performance of Adaptively Modulated Optical OFDM Signals in Multimode Fiber Links
Jin, X. Q., Tang, J., Qiu, K. & Spencer, P. S., 1 Sept 2008, In: Journal of Lightwave Technology. 26, 17-20, p. 3216-3224Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Synchronisation recovery in unidirectionally coupled semiconductor lasers
Peters-Flynn, S., Pierce, I., Spencer, P. S. & Rees, P., 13 Feb 2006, In: IEE Proceedings: Optoelectronics. 153, 1, p. 8-12Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The effects of polarization-resolved optical feedback on the relative intensity noise and polarization stability of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers
Hong, Y., Paul, J., Spencer, P. & Shore, K. A., 7 Aug 2006, In: Journal of Lightwave Technology. 24, 8, p. 3210-3216Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Thermal effects and dynamical hysteresis in the turn-on and turn-off vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers.
Hong, Y., Masoller, C., Torre, M. S., Priyadarshi, S., Qader, A. A., Spencer, P. S. & Shore, K. A., 1 Nov 2010, In: Optics Letters. 35, 21, p. 3688-3690Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Transmission Performance of Adaptively Modulated Optical OFDM Modems Using Subcarrier Modulation over Worst-Case Multimode Fibre Links
Zheng, X., Tang, J. & Spencer, P. S., 10 Oct 2008, In: IEEE Communications Letters. 12, 10, p. 788-790Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Tunable quantum cascade lasers with phase-matched third harmonic generation
Banerjee, S., Spencer, P. & Shore, K. A., 3 Aug 2006, In: Applied Physics Letters. 89, 5, p. 051113Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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VCSEL polarization control by optical injection
Bandyopadhyay, S., Hong, Y., Spencer, P. & Shore, K. A., 1 Oct 2003, In: Journal of Lightwave Technology. 21, 10, p. 2395-2404Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Wideband Chaos With Time-Delay Concealment in Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers With Optical Feedback and Injection
Hong, Y., Spencer, P. S. & Shore, K. A., 5 Feb 2014, In: IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. 50, 4, p. 236-242Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Special issue › Research › Peer-reviewed
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Stabilization of Photonic Microwave Generation in Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers with Optical Injection and Feedback
Hong, Y., Ji, S., Xue, C., Valle, A., Spencer, P. & Li, H., 1 Oct 2018, In: Journal of Lightwave Technology. 36, 19, p. 4347-4353Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review
- Paper › Research › Not peer-reviewed
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Analysis of Experimental Data from a Chaos Communication Channel.
Lea, S. & Spencer, P. S., 1 Jan 2009.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Analysis of spatial field profile in integrated external cavity diode lasers.
Causa, F., Rees, P., Spencer, P. S. & Sarma, J., 1 Apr 2004.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Anticipating synchronization in a bi-directional laser diode configuration.
Sivaprakasam, S., Spencer, P. S., Rees, P., Pierce, I. & Shore, K. A., 1 Jan 2002.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Anticorrelation polarization dynamics in VCSELs
Hong, Y., Paul, J., Spencer, P. S. & Shore, K. A., 11 Sept 2006.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Chaos synchronisation and communication.
Spencer, P. S., Shore, K. A., Sivaprakasam, S., Pierce, I., Peters-Flynn, S., Ju, R., Paul, J., Lee, M. W. & Rees, P., 1 Aug 2006.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Chaotic communications with external cavity laser diode.
Shore, K. A., Lee, M. W., Paul, J., Hong, Y., Torre, M., Masoller, M., Ju, R. & Spencer, P. S., 1 Dec 2004.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Communicating with Chaos.
Sivaprakasam, S., Pierce, I., Spencer, P. S., Jones, R. J., Rees, P. & Shore, K. A., 1 Jan 2001.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper