Gerald Stuart Buller

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Research interests

Prof Buller's research interests are mainly associated with single photon detection and its applications, including quantum key distribution, quantum imaging, time–of–flight ranging and depth imaging. He also has wider interests in semiconductor optoelectronic devices and optical thin film multilayer structures. Prof Buller heads a group of around eight researchers and is Principal Investigator on a number of major research projects funded by EPSRC, the European Union and industry. In 2010, Professor Buller was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Physics in 2002 and elected a Fellow of the Optical Society of America in 2017.

Biography

Prof Gerald S Buller was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1965. He graduated with BSc (Hons) Natural Philosophy from the University of Glasgow in 1986 and PhD in Physics from Heriot–Watt University in 1989. In 1990, Prof Buller became Lecturer in Physics at Heriot–Watt University, was promoted to Reader in 2000 and made a Professor in 2006. In parallel, Prof Buller co–founded TeraHertz Photonics Ltd. in 1998 and founded Helia Photonics Ltd. in 2002. He remains a Company Director of Helia Photonics Ltd., which is based in Livingston, Scotland.

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Research Output 1988 2019

146 Article
73 Conference contribution
16 Paper
2 Chapter
5 More

Analysis of the effects of imperfections in an optical heterodyne quantum random-number generator

Zanforlin, U., Donaldson, R. J., Collins, R. J. & Buller, G. S., 6 May 2019, In : Physical Review A. 99, 5, 052305.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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random numbers

generators

defects

coherent sources

misalignment

Bayesian 3D Reconstruction of Complex Scenes from Single-Photon Lidar Data

Tachella, J., Altmann, Y., Ren, X., McCarthy, A., Buller, G. S., McLaughlin, S. & Tourneret, J-Y., 14 Mar 2019, In : SIAM Journal on Imaging Sciences . 12, 1, p. 521-550 30 p.

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Photons

Pixels

Markov processes

Erosion

Time delay

Comparative study of dielectric coating materials for micro-cavity applications

Sidqi, N., Clark, C., Buller, G. S., Thalluri, G. K. V. V., Mitrofanov, J. & Noblet, Y., 1 Aug 2019, In : Optical Materials Express. 9, 8, p. 3452-3468 17 p.

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Coatings

Roughness measurement

Thermal evaporation

Magnetron sputtering

Atomic force microscopy

Fast adaptive scene sampling for single-photon 3D LIDAR images

Halimi, A., Ciuciu, P., McCarthy, A., McLaughlin, S. & Buller, G. S., 16 Dec 2019.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

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Photons

Sampling

Imaging techniques

Optical radar

Statistics

Geiger Mode Ge-on-Si Single-Photon Avalanche Diode Detectors

Buller, G. S., Dumas, D. C. S., Greener, Z. M., Kirdoda, J., Kuzmenko, K., Millar, R. W., Mirza, M. M., Paul, D. J. & Vines, P., 3 Oct 2019, 2019 IEEE 16th International Conference on Group IV Photonics (GFP). IEEE, 8853918. (IEEE International Conference on Group IV Photonics).

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Avalanche diodes

Photons

Detectors

Wavelength

Temperature

Datasets

Dataset for "High performance planar Ge-on-Si single-photon avalanche diode detectors"

Vines, P. (Creator), Kuzmenko, K. (Creator), Kirdoda, J. (Creator), Dumas, D. D. S. (Creator), Mirza, M. M. (Creator), Millar, R. W. (Creator), Paul, D. J. (Creator), Buller, G. S. (Creator), Heriot-Watt University, 28 Nov 2018

DOI: 10.17861/5117a021-fc29-4577-ba3d-e53e86b9a4d7

Dataset

Dataset for Experimental transmission of quantum digital signatures over 90-km of installed optical fiber using a differential phase shift quantum key distribution system

Collins, R. J. (Creator), Amiri, R. (Creator), Fujiwara, M. (Creator), Honjo, T. (Creator), Tamaki, K. (Creator), Takeoka, M. (Creator), Andersson, A. E. E. (Creator), Buller, G. S. (Creator), Sasaki, M. (Creator), Heriot-Watt University, 14 Sep 2014

DOI: 10.17861/e9601420-6e29-423c-9bbd-04f3caee5820

Dataset