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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.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
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3D target detection and spectral classification for single-photon LiDAR data
Belmekki, M. A. A., Leach, J., Tobin, R., Buller, G. S., McLaughlin, S. & Halimi, A., 17 Jul 2023, In: Optics Express. 31, 15, p. 23729-23745 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Afterpulsing in Ge-on-Si Single-Photon Avalanche Diodes
Yi, X., Greener, Z., Fleming, F., Kirdoda, J., Dumas, D. C. S., Saalbach, L., Muir, D. A. S., Ferre-Llin, L., Millar, R. W., Paul, D. J. & Buller, G. S., 1 Sept 2023, In: IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. 35, 17, p. 959-962 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Covert information sharing via ghost displacement
Zanforlin, U., Tatsi, G., Jeffers, J. & Buller, G. S., 24 Feb 2023, In: Physical Review A. 107, 2, 022619.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Experimental demonstration of a reconfigurable free-space receiver implementing polarization routing and filtering for daytime quantum key distribution
Tello Castillo, A., Zanforlin, U., Buller, G. S. & Donaldson, R. J., 20 Nov 2023, In: Optics Express. 31, 24, p. 40317-40327 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Fast Multiscale 3D Reconstruction Using Single-Photon Lidar Data
Plosz, S., Gyongy, I., Leach, J., McLaughlin, S., Buller, G. S. & Halimi, A., 5 May 2023, 2023 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP). IEEE, 10095844Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Datasets
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Submerged single-photon LiDAR imaging sensor used for real time 3D scene reconstruction in scattering underwater environments
Maccarone, A. (Creator), Drummond, K. (Creator), McCarthy, A. (Contributor), Steinlehner, U. (Contributor), Tachella, J. (Contributor), Aguirre Garcia, D. (Contributor), Pawlikowska, A. (Sponsor), Lamb, R. A. (Sponsor), Henderson, R. K. (Contributor), McLaughlin, S. (Contributor), Altmann, Y. (Supervisor) & Buller, G. S. (Supervisor), Heriot-Watt University, Apr 2023
DOI: 10.17861/15cf027a-d54a-4c07-b9c6-c6a5374d54f8
Dataset
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Custom-Technology Single-Photon Avalanche Diode Linear Detector Array for Underwater Depth Imaging
Buller, G. S. (Creator) & Maccarone, A. (Creator), Heriot-Watt University, 2021
DOI: 10.17861/27b3b0f1-b696-4795-9110-0ae462338994
Dataset
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Dataset supporting the manuscript: "Optical quantum super-resolution imaging and hypothesis testing" (Nature Communications)
Zanforlin, U. (Creator), Lupo, C. (Contributor), Connolly, P. (Contributor), Kok, P. (Supervisor), Buller, G. S. (Supervisor) & Huang, Z. (Contributor), Heriot-Watt University, 1 Jul 2022
DOI: 10.17861/1f5fc8ca-f38e-4218-9cf4-dba33c44fe51
Dataset
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Dataset supporting the manuscript: "Manipulating thermal light via displaced photon subtraction" (PRA)
Tasti, G. (Contributor), Canning, D. (Contributor), Zanforlin, U. (Creator), Mazzarella, L. (Contributor), Jeffers, J. (Supervisor) & Buller, G. S. (Supervisor), Heriot-Watt University, 25 Apr 2022
DOI: 10.17861/57cbd041-e6e3-4c77-96a5-04077ddd1111
Dataset
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Dataset supporting the manuscript: "Covert information sharing via ghost displacement" (PRA)
Zanforlin, U. (Creator), Tatsi, G. (Contributor), Jeffers, J. (Supervisor) & Buller, G. S. (Supervisor), Heriot-Watt University, 1 Jul 2022
DOI: 10.17861/9a38ac37-041f-4de6-ba1d-c34502a5b71b
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Prizes
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EPSRC Quantum Technology Fellowship - Next Generation Imaging using Sparse Single-Photon Data
Buller, Gerald Stuart (Recipient), 1 Jul 2015
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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Fellow of the Optical Society of America (OSA)
Buller, Gerald Stuart (Recipient), 1 Jan 2017
Prize: Election to learned society
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Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Buller, Gerald Stuart (Recipient), 2010
Prize: Election to learned society
Activities
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Designing an efficient optical ground receiver for satellite quantum communications
Elizabeth Eso (Speaker), Ross J. Donaldson (Contributor) & Gerald Stuart Buller (Contributor)
2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Utilizing the UK’s quantum optical ground station infrastructure for advanced satellite-based quantum communication demonstrations
Elizabeth Eso (Speaker), Peter Barrow (Contributor), Cameron Simmons (Contributor), Rebecca Harwin (Contributor), Hannah Robarts (Contributor), Alexander Pickston (Contributor), David Pearson (Contributor), Stuart Robertson (Contributor), Andy Vick (Contributor), Alessandro Fedrizzi (Contributor), Gerald Stuart Buller (Contributor) & Ross J. Donaldson (Contributor)
2022 → …Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Multiprotocol quantum key distribution receiver for free space
Alfonso Tello (Speaker), Ugo Zanforlin (Contributor), Gerald Stuart Buller (Contributor) & Ross J. Donaldson (Contributor)
2022 → …Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Link loss analysis for a satellite quantum communication down-link
Chunmei Zhang (Speaker), Alfonso Tello Castillo (Contributor), Ugo Zanforlin (Contributor), Gerald Stuart Buller (Contributor) & Ross J. Donaldson (Contributor)
21 Sept 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Satellite-based quantum communications
Ross J. Donaldson (Speaker), Gerald Stuart Buller (Contributor) & Alessandro Fedrizzi (Contributor)
11 Aug 2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk