Rate My Professor Noel Healy

Professor Noel Healy is Professor of Photonics and Director of Research and Innovation in the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics at Newcastle University, formerly the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He leads the Emerging Technologies and Materials (ETM) Group and serves as a Co-Investigator in the North East Centre for Energy Materials (NECEM). Healy earned his PhD in Fibre Optics from the University of Limerick in 2008, laying the groundwork for his expertise in optical technologies. His career at Newcastle University progressed from Senior Lecturer in Physics to his current professorial position, where he drives innovation in photonics research.

Healy's research specializes in advanced photonics, focusing on semiconductor optical fibres, nonlinear optical processes, plasmonic devices, and novel materials like perovskites and MXenes. His contributions include developments in low-loss silicon-core fibres, all-optical modulation, surface plasmon focusing, and high-resolution photonic nanojets for sensing and imaging. Key publications encompass "Few-mode metal-free perovskite optical fiber with second-order optical nonlinearity" (2024), "Ionic accumulation as a diagnostic tool in perovskite solar cells: characterising band alignment with rapid voltage pulses" (2023), "Plasmonic sensing using Babinet’s principle" (2023), "MXene supported surface plasmons on telecommunications optical fibers" in Light: Science and Applications (2022), "Wide-Band-Gap Metal-Free Perovskite for Third-Order Nonlinear Optics" in ACS Photonics (2021), "Material properties of tapered crystalline silicon core fibers" in Optical Materials Express (2017), "CO2 Laser-Induced Directional Recrystallization to Produce Single Crystal Silicon-Core Optical Fibers with Low Loss" in Advanced Optical Materials (2016), and "Enhanced all-optical modulation in a graphene-coated fibre with low insertion loss" in Scientific Reports (2016). With over 185 publications and more than 2,787 citations, Healy's work has significantly influenced nonlinear photonics, optical materials, and energy applications.