This group is concerned with various aspects of the interaction of electromagnetic fields with matter. The work involves the theoretical, experimental and computational studies of both direct and inverse scattering problems and experiments are carried out over a range of frequencies which include the microwave, infrared and visible regions. This fundamental work underpins applications of considerable industrial significance and, as a consequence, the Group enjoys financial support for basic studies in the area of optical imaging and information processing.
Activities range from studying the physics of devices to the investigation of complete systems.
These applications emphasise the clear links with image science, in the areas of neural networks and image interpretation and with x-ray physics in the uses of diffractive optical elements.