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`P & S Grow - Prof. Bill Crossland
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`Emeritus Professor Bill Crossland
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`Bill Crossland held the position of Group Leader of
`the Photonics & Sensors Group in the Cambridge
`University Engineering Department from 1992, when
`he was appointed Northern Telecom Professor of
`Photonics,
`until his
`retirement at
`the end of
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`September 2009. He is also Guest Professor at
`Southeast University, Nanjing, PR China.
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`Research includes:
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`Display
`displays
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`technology
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`and
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`liquid
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`crystal
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`Plastic liquid crystal devices
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`Tuneable
`dielectrics
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`liquid
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`crystal
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`high
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`frequency
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`Real—time holographic devices for displays
`and telecommunications systems
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`Riquid crystal-carbon nanotubes colloids
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`Applications include:
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`Holographic display technology
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`Phase-only holography using LCOS devices
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`liquid crystal displays using
`Large panel
`frame sequential colour techniques
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`Reflective colour displays for e—book and 9
`poster applications
`Tuneable antennae structures for radio and
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`P & S Group - Prof. Bill Crossland
`microwave devices
`using
`modules
`Telecommunications
`programmable phase gratings and holograms
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`Bill Crossland has been responsible for more than
`50 patents and patent applications in the field of
`liquid crystal devices. He is generally regarded as
`the founding father of liquid crystal over silicon
`(LCOS) technologies.
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`Information updated by hy268
`Last updated: 12 February 2014
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