Mr Simon Mekhail
- Research Fellow (School of Physics & Astronomy)
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4775-4208Publications
2025
MacGruer, A. G. , Johnson, S. D. , Mekhail, S. P. , Nutt, K. J. , Padgett, M. J. and Gibson, G. M. (2025) Characterising the performance of a drone-mounted real-time methane imaging system. Scientific Reports, 15, 8787. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-93186-z) (PMID:40082660) (PMCID:PMC11906584)
2024
Johnson, S. , Gee, H., Nwachi, F. and Mekhail, S. P. (2024) Fiber-based high-speed fringe projection profilometry. Optics and Laser Technology, 177, 111173. (doi: 10.1016/j.optlastec.2024.111173)
Hu, H.-W., Mekhail, S. , Archibald, R., Wolley, O. and Padgett, M. (2024) The speckled output of a multi-mode optical fibre and sensitivity to fibre perturbations. Optics Continuum, 3(9), pp. 1602-1611. (doi: 10.1364/OPTCON.528354)
Wolley, O., Gregory, T., Mekhail, S.P. , Archibald, R. and Padgett, M.J. (2024) Low photon-number stand-off speckle holography at kHz frame rates. Optics Continuum, 3(9), pp. 1732-1740. (doi: 10.1364/OPTCON.537439)
Pearce, E., Wolley, O., Mekhail, S. P. , Gregory, T., Gemmell, N. R., Oulton, R. F., Clark, A. S., Phillips, C. C. and Padgett, M. J. (2024) Single-frame transmission and phase imaging using off-axis holography with undetected photons. Scientific Reports, 14, 16008. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-66233-4) (PMID:38992022) (PMCID:PMC11239902)
2023
Abdulaziz, A., Mekhail, S. P. , Altmann, Y., Padgett, M. J. and McLaughlin, S. (2023) Robust real-time imaging through flexible multimode fibers. Scientific Reports, 13, 11371. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-38480-4) (PMID:37452098) (PMCID:PMC10349048)
Wolley, O., Mekhail, S. , Moreau, P.-A. , Gregory, T., Gibson, G. , Leuchs, G. and Padgett, M.J. (2023) Near single-photon imaging in the shortwave infrared using homodyne detection. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120(10), e2216678120. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.2216678120) (PMID:36857346)
2022
Mitton, J., Mekhail, S. , Padgett, M. , Faccio, D. , Aversa, M. and Murray-Smith, R. (2022) Bessel Equivariant Networks for Inversion of Transmission Effects in Multi-Mode Optical Fibres. In: 36th Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS 2022), New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, 28th November - 9th December 2022,
2021
Stellinga, D., Phillips, D. B., Mekhail, S. P. , Selyem, A., Turtaev, S., Čižmár, T. and Padgett, M. J. (2021) Time-of-flight 3D imaging through multimode optical fibers. Science, 374(6573), pp. 1395-1399. (doi: 10.1126/science.abl3771)
Gregory, T., Moreau, P.-A. , Mekhail, S. , Wolley, O. and Padgett, M.J. (2021) Noise rejection through an improved quantum illumination protocol. Scientific Reports, 11, 21841. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-01122-8) (PMID:34750423) (PMCID:PMC8575956)
Articles
MacGruer, A. G. , Johnson, S. D. , Mekhail, S. P. , Nutt, K. J. , Padgett, M. J. and Gibson, G. M. (2025) Characterising the performance of a drone-mounted real-time methane imaging system. Scientific Reports, 15, 8787. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-93186-z) (PMID:40082660) (PMCID:PMC11906584)
Johnson, S. , Gee, H., Nwachi, F. and Mekhail, S. P. (2024) Fiber-based high-speed fringe projection profilometry. Optics and Laser Technology, 177, 111173. (doi: 10.1016/j.optlastec.2024.111173)
Hu, H.-W., Mekhail, S. , Archibald, R., Wolley, O. and Padgett, M. (2024) The speckled output of a multi-mode optical fibre and sensitivity to fibre perturbations. Optics Continuum, 3(9), pp. 1602-1611. (doi: 10.1364/OPTCON.528354)
Wolley, O., Gregory, T., Mekhail, S.P. , Archibald, R. and Padgett, M.J. (2024) Low photon-number stand-off speckle holography at kHz frame rates. Optics Continuum, 3(9), pp. 1732-1740. (doi: 10.1364/OPTCON.537439)
Pearce, E., Wolley, O., Mekhail, S. P. , Gregory, T., Gemmell, N. R., Oulton, R. F., Clark, A. S., Phillips, C. C. and Padgett, M. J. (2024) Single-frame transmission and phase imaging using off-axis holography with undetected photons. Scientific Reports, 14, 16008. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-66233-4) (PMID:38992022) (PMCID:PMC11239902)
Abdulaziz, A., Mekhail, S. P. , Altmann, Y., Padgett, M. J. and McLaughlin, S. (2023) Robust real-time imaging through flexible multimode fibers. Scientific Reports, 13, 11371. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-38480-4) (PMID:37452098) (PMCID:PMC10349048)
Wolley, O., Mekhail, S. , Moreau, P.-A. , Gregory, T., Gibson, G. , Leuchs, G. and Padgett, M.J. (2023) Near single-photon imaging in the shortwave infrared using homodyne detection. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120(10), e2216678120. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.2216678120) (PMID:36857346)
Stellinga, D., Phillips, D. B., Mekhail, S. P. , Selyem, A., Turtaev, S., Čižmár, T. and Padgett, M. J. (2021) Time-of-flight 3D imaging through multimode optical fibers. Science, 374(6573), pp. 1395-1399. (doi: 10.1126/science.abl3771)
Gregory, T., Moreau, P.-A. , Mekhail, S. , Wolley, O. and Padgett, M.J. (2021) Noise rejection through an improved quantum illumination protocol. Scientific Reports, 11, 21841. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-01122-8) (PMID:34750423) (PMCID:PMC8575956)
Conference Proceedings
Mitton, J., Mekhail, S. , Padgett, M. , Faccio, D. , Aversa, M. and Murray-Smith, R. (2022) Bessel Equivariant Networks for Inversion of Transmission Effects in Multi-Mode Optical Fibres. In: 36th Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS 2022), New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, 28th November - 9th December 2022,
Research datasets
2025
MacGruer, A. G. , Johnson, S. D., Mekhail, S. P. , Nutt, K. J., Padgett, M. J. and Gibson, G. M. (2025) Characterising the performance of a drone-mounted real-time methane imaging system. [Data Collection]
2023
Wolley, O. , Moreau, P.-A. , Mekhail, S., Gregory, T., Gibson, G. , Leuchs, G. and Padgett, M. (2023) Near single-photon imaging in the short-wave infrared using homodyne detection. [Data Collection]
2021
Gregory, T., Moreau, P.-A. , Mekhail, S., Wolley, O. and Padgett, M. (2021) Noise rejection through an improved quantum illumination protocol. [Data Collection]
Stellinga, D., Phillips, D. B., Mekhail, S., Selyem, A., Turtaev, S., Čižmár, T. and Padgett, M. (2021) Time of flight 3D imaging through multimode optical fibres. [Data Collection]