Greg Parker (born 1954) is a British physicist. He served as a Professor of

Photonics Photonics is a branch of optics that involves the application of generation, detection, and manipulation of light in form of photons through emission, transmission, modulation, signal processing, switching, amplification, and sensing. Though ...

at the

University of Southampton , mottoeng = The Heights Yield to Endeavour , type = Public research university , established = 1862 – Hartley Institution1902 – Hartley University College1913 – Southampton University Coll ...

. He spent 23 years in research and lecturing.

Career

He now runs Parker Technology. His research interests included the design and construction of

Ultra High Vacuum Ultra-high vacuum (UHV) is the vacuum regime characterised by pressures lower than about . UHV conditions are created by pumping the gas out of a UHV chamber. At these low pressures the mean free path of a gas molecule is greater than approximately ...

(UHV) compatible semiconductor deposition systems, and the design and fabrication of

Photonic Crystal A photonic crystal is an optical nanostructure in which the refractive index changes periodically. This affects the propagation of light in the same way that the structure of Crystal structure, natural crystals gives rise to X-ray crystallograp ...

circuits and devices. Most recently, he became interested in deep-sky imaging,

macrophotography Macro photography (or photomacrography or macrography, and sometimes macrophotography) is extreme close-up photography, usually of very small subjects and living organisms like insects, in which the size of the subject in the photograph is grea ...

microphotography Microphotographs are photographs shrunk to microscopic scale.

, pin-hole camera photography and high-speed flash photography. He is the designer and developer of ultra-high speed

Xenon Xenon is a chemical element with the symbol Xe and atomic number 54. It is a dense, colorless, odorless noble gas found in Earth's atmosphere in trace amounts. Although generally unreactive, it can undergo a few chemical reactions such as the ...

flash equipment. His photographic work is featured on the Scientific Artist web site. He has 13 patents on optical devices and circuits and created three successful companies. His most recent spin-out from Southampton University was Mesophotonics Ltd. He is constructing the world's most powerful amateur deep-sky imaging system, the mini-WASP imaging array, named after the SuperWASP array built for the

Wide Angle Search for Planets WASP or Wide Angle Search for Planets is an international consortium of several academic organisations performing an ultra-wide angle search for exoplanets using transit photometry. The array of robotic telescopes aims to survey the entire sky, s ...

Publications

Parker published over 120 refereed journal and conference papers, a textbook on Solid-State Physics, ''Introductory Semiconductor Device Physics'', a "how to" book on

astrophotography Astrophotography, also known as astronomical imaging, is the photography or imaging of astronomical objects, celestial events, or areas of the night sky. The first photograph of an astronomical object (the Moon) was taken in 1840, but it was no ...

''Making Beautiful Deep-Sky Images'' and a large format book of deep-sky images taken from the New Forest Observatory, called ''Star Vistas''.

Recognition

Parker is a Chartered Engineer, a Chartered Physicist, and a Fellow of the

Institute of Physics The Institute of Physics (IOP) is a UK-based learned society and professional body that works to advance physics education, research and application. It was founded in 1874 and has a worldwide membership of over 20,000. The IOP is the Physica ...

References

Academics of the University of Southampton Fellows of the Institute of Physics 1954 births Living people {{UK-physicist-stub