Staff Profile
Background
I am a research associate working in the metamaterials and plasmonic group with Dr Victor Pacheco-Pena.
My work explores how engineered nanostructures can be used to manipulate light in ways that enable new approaches to information processing. In particular my research focuses on optical computing with metamaterials and photonic waveguide structures.
Research
Publications:
- MacDonald, R. G., Yakovlev, A. & Pacheco-Peña, V. Solving partial differential equations with waveguide-based metatronic networks. Advanced Photonics Nexus 3, 056007 (2024).
- MacDonald, R. G., Yakovlev, A. & Pacheco-Peña, V. Time derivatives via interconnected waveguides. Sci Rep 13, 13126 (2023).
- MacDonald, R. G., Yakovlev, A. & Pacheco-Peña, V. Amplitude‐Controlled Electromagnetic Pulse Switching Using Waveguide Junctions for High‐Speed Computing Processes. Advanced Intelligent Systems 4, 2200137 (2022).
- MacDonald, R. G., Yakovlev, A. & Pacheco-Peña, V. Wave-based quasi-digital logic operations. ArXiv:2508.16374 http://arxiv.org/abs/2508.16374 (2025).