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.
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Coupled cavity multi-mode model of laser diodes subject to optical feedback.
Perkins, D., Spencer, P. S. & Shore, K. A., 1 Apr 2003.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Determination of nonlinear modulation response of semiconductor laser diodes by quadrature detection
Perkins, D., Pierce, I., Rees, P., Spencer, P. S., Shore, K. A. & Valle, A., 1 Sept 2001.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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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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Identification of the optimum time-delay for chaos synchronization regimes of semiconductor lasers
Peters-Flynn, S., Spencer, P., Sivaprakasam, S., Pierce, I. & Shore, A., Apr 2006, In: IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. 42, 4, p. 427-434Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Extending the parameter space of anticipated synchronisation in laser diodes.
Peters-Flynn, S., Pierce, I., Spencer, P. S. & Shore, K. A., 1 Apr 2004.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Consequences of optical fibre propagation on chaotic data masking using laser diodes
Peters-Flynn, S., Pierce, I., Rees, P. & Spencer, P. S., 1 May 2004.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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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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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 conference › Paper
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Synchronisation regimes in chaotic diode lasers.
Pierce, I., Rees, P., Sivaprakasam, S., Spencer, P. S. & Shore, K. A., 1 Sept 2001.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Rossler model for phase synchronisation in chaotic semiconductor laser systems with frequency selective coupling
Pierce, I., Peters-Flynn, S. & Spencer, P. S., 1 Mar 2005.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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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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Anticipated chaos in a nonsymmetric coupled external-cavity-laser system.
Rees, P., Spencer, P. S., Pierce, I., Sivaprakasam, S. & Shore, K. A., 1 Sept 2003, In: Physical Review A. 68, 3, p. 033818Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Optical chaos communications
Shore, K. A., Hong, Y., Lee, M. W., Pierce, I., Paul, J. & Spencer, P. S., 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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Inverse synchronisation in semiconductor laser diodes
Sivaprakasam, S., Pierce, I., Rees, P., Spencer, P., Shore, K. A. & Valle, A., 31 May 2001, In: Physical Review A. 64, 1, 013805.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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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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 conference › Paper
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Partial bi-directional coupling of chaotic diode lsers for secure optical communication
Sivaprakasam, S., Lee, M. W., Paul, J., Spencer, P. S. & Shore, K. A., 1 Mar 2005.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
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Concurrent synchronisation of chaotic external cavity laser diodes.
Sivaprakasam, S., Paul, J., Spencer, P. S., Rees, P. & Shore, K. A., 1 Apr 2003.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Optical Feedback Applications.
Spencer, P. S., 1 May 2005.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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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 conference › Paper
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Experimental determination of message decoding quality in optical chaos communications using laser diode transmitters
Spencer, P. S., Lee, M. W., Paul, J., Sivaprakasam, S. & Shore, K. A., 1 Oct 2004.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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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 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