Staff Lead researcher Professor Johan Nilsson Professor of Optoelectronics Connect with Johan Email: jn@orc.soton.ac.uk Other researchers Professor Sir David Payne KBE CBE FRS FREng Professor of Photonics Research interests Many and varied across photonics, particularly in optical fibre design and fabrication, optical materials, optical sensing, and high-power fibre lasers. Connect with Sir David Email: dnp@orc.soton.ac.uk Professor Jayanta Sahu Professorial Fellow-Research Connect with Jayanta Email: jks@orc.soton.ac.uk Professor Michalis Zervas PhD Professor of Optical Communications Connect with Michalis Email: mnz@soton.ac.uk Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups High Power Fibre Lasers The High Power Fibre Laser group, led by Professor Johan Nilsson, works on advanced fibre lasers for beam combination and sensing for lidar and net-zero aviation (pollution monitoring). Smart Lasers and Special Fibres Our research vision is to revolutionise manufacturing in the digital era by developing the next generation of ‘smart’ fibre laser tools for medical and biosciences sectors.