Dr Mike Taverne

Research Fellow

School: Engineering, Physics and Mathematics

Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

My research interests lie primarily in the field of Quantum Optics, Nanophotonics, Nanomanufacturing techniques and computational photonics. I am an expert in nanofabrication (3D additive nanomanufacturing and focused ion beam etching), modelling (Finite-Difference Time-Domain, and plane-wave expansion methods) and characterisation (in-house built Fourier imaging spectroscopy). My area right now has focused on artificially structured electromagnetic materials for efficient control of light-matter interactions and the development of advanced optoelectronic devices for practical applications (e.g., sensing, light trapping, and solar energy harvesting, and quantum technology, etc.).

Key Publications

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Recent Advances in Surface Functionalized 3D Electrocatalyst for Water Splitting, Meethale Palakkool, N., Taverne, M., Bell, O., Mar, J., Barrioz, V., Qu, Y., Huang, C., Ho, D. 1 Feb 2025, In: Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research
Thermal Shrinkage-Induced Modifications in Photonic Bandgaps of Two-Photon Polymerized Bragg Reflectors, Chen, Y., Taverne, M., Chung-Che Huang, K., Ho, D., Rarity, J. 1 Nov 2025, In: Advanced Photonics Research
Two Dimensional-Material-Coated Microcantilevers for Enhanced Mass Sensing and Material Characterization, Bhattacharya, G., Lionadi, I., McMichael, S., Taverne, M., McLaughlign, ., Fernandez-Ibanez, P., Huang, C., Ho, Y., Payam, A. 21 Dec 2025, In: Nanoscale
Hexagonal Boron Nitride Based Photonic Quantum Technologies, Prasad, M., Taverne, M., Huang, C., Mar, J., Ho, Y. 20 Aug 2024, In: Materials
Optimisation of Printing Parameters of Fused Filament Fabrication and Uniaxial Compression Failure Analysis for Four-Point Star-Shaped Structures, Wambua, J., Mwema, F., Akinlabi, S., Birkett, M., Xu, B., Woo, W., Taverne, M., Ho, D., Akinlabi, E. 17 May 2024, In: Rapid Prototyping Journal
Thermal Management of GaAs and Si Solar Cells for Laser Power-Beaming Applications in Space and Earth Orbits, Campbell, S., Taverne, M., Forbes, I., Ho, Y., Torun, H., Barrioz, V. 9 Jun 2024, 2024 IEEE 52nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC), IEEE
Conformal CVD-grown MoS2 on Three-dimensional Woodpile Photonic Crystals for Photonic Bandgap Engineering, Taverne, M., Zheng, X., Chen, Y., Morgan, K., Chen, L., Meethale Palakkool, N., Rezaie, D., Awachi, H., Rarity, J., Hewak, D., Huang, C., Ho, Y. 26 May 2023, In: ACS Applied Optical Materials
Strongly Confining Light with Air-Mode Cavities in Inverse Rod-Connected Diamond Photonic Crystals, Taverne, M., Ho, Y., Rarity, J. 22 Feb 2022, In: Crystals
Hydrodynamic micro manipulation on an optical tweezers platform, Būtaitė, U., Phillips , D., Taylor, J., Gibson, G., Ho, D., Taverne, M. 27 Oct 2021, Optical Manipulation and Structured Materials Conference 2021, SPIE
Indirect Optical Tweezing: Pinpoint Particle Control Using Optically Engineered Fluid Flow, Būtaitė, U., Gibson, G., Ho, D., Taverne, M., Taylor, J., Phillips, D. 26 Oct 2021, Proceedings Biophotonics Congress 2021, Washington DC, Optical Society of America (OSA)

Professional Activity

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Oral presentation: Fabrication of Novel 3D Structured Electrode for Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Generation Applications using Additive Manufacturing 2023

Further Information

Nanophotonic Engineering Laboratory

Qualifications

Electrical Engineering PhD January 31 2017