Dr Rosa Letizia

Senior Lecturer

Research Overview

Rosa Letizia obtained her Ph.D. in numerical modelling of photonic devices from University of Leeds, School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, in 2009 and the Laurea degree in Electronic Engineering from the Politecnico di Bari, Italy, in 2005. She is Senior Fellow of Higher Education Academy (SFHEA), Senior Member IEEE and currently a RAEng/ Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellow. She serves as an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices.

Her current research interests include:

  • Millimetre wave and Terahertz vacuum electron devices and applications
  • Millimetre wave technology for high data rate wireless communications
  • Novel electromagnetic structures for high-frequency particle accelerators
  • Photonic crystals and metamaterials
  • Computational electromagnetic modelling

THz frequency structures for particle accelerators: Realising ultrafast electron beam manipulation and diagnostics
01/04/2024 → 31/03/2027
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THz frequency structures for particle accelerators: Realising ultrafast electron beam manipulation and diagnostics
01/04/2024 → 31/03/2027
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E-band Traveling Wave Tubes for High Throughput Satellites
11/04/2023 → 31/10/2024
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E-Band wireless links enabled by TWTs
30/06/2021 → 28/02/2022
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Cockcroft Phase 4: 2021 - 2025
01/04/2021 → 31/03/2025
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Additive manufacturing scaffolding of millimetre-wave components for future communications
01/10/2019 → 31/10/2021
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DLINK - D-band Wireless Link With Fibre Data Rate
01/01/2019 → 31/12/2022
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Cockcroft Institute Capital bid 2018
01/10/2018 → 31/03/2019
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Cockcroft Institute Capital bid 2018 (Manchester match funding)
01/10/2018 → 31/03/2019
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Cockcroft Phase 3: Year 2-4
01/04/2018 → 31/03/2022
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H2020 : ULTRAWAVE : Ultra capacity wireless layer beyond 100 GHz based on millimeter wave Traveling Wave Tubes
01/09/2017 → 31/05/2021
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Sub-THz detection of hidden objects and IED
03/04/2017 → 02/09/2017
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TERALINKS: TERAhertz high power LINKS using photonic devices, tube aplifiers and smart antennas
01/04/2017 → 31/12/2019
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Analysis and Design of Multimode/Multiharmonic Gyrotron Travelling Wave Tube Amplifier using Mode Selective Structures for DNP-NMR/THz Applications
01/03/2017 → 31/07/2017
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THz imaging system for characterisation of functional artificial materials
01/01/2016 → …
Other

H2020: TWEETHER: Travelling wave tube based W-band wireless networks with high data rate, distribution, spectrum and energy efficiency
01/01/2015 → 30/09/2018
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THz backward wave oscillator for plasma diagnostic in nuclear fusion
01/11/2014 → 30/06/2017
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Towards Patient Specific and Reliable SAR Management for Parallel Transmit Technology on Ultra High Field MRI
02/06/2014 → 01/09/2015
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Thz backward wave oscillatorm for plasma diagnostic in nuclear fusion
01/12/2013 → 01/12/2015
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University of Manchester - PhD external examiner
Examination

University of Manchester - Mphil external examiner
Examination

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices (Journal)
Editorial activity

Rupa Basu

Rupa Basu

PhD student

  • Cockcroft Institute
  • Engineering of Microwaves, Terahertz and Light (E-MIT)
  • Security Lancaster
  • Security Lancaster (Networks)