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Research project

EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Photonics

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Sir David Payne KBE CBE FRS FREng

Professor of Photonics

Research interests

  • high-power fibre lasers
  • spun fibres for control of dispersion, now extensively used in undersea fibre cables
  • the Er/Yb cladding-pumped fibre amplifier used for cable television distribution
Connect with Sir David

Email: dnp@orc.soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Jayanta Sahu

Professorial Fellow-Research
Connect with Jayanta

Email: jks@orc.soton.ac.uk

Professor Andy Clarkson

Professor of Optoelectronics Research
Connect with Andy

Email: wac@orc.soton.ac.uk

Professor Michalis Zervas PhD

Professor of Optical Communications
Connect with Michalis

Email: mnz@soton.ac.uk

Professor David Richardson FREng, FRS

Research interests

  • Hollow Core Optical Fibres
  • Optical Communications
  • High Power Fibre Lasers
Connect with David

Email: djr@orc.soton.ac.uk

Professor Johan Nilsson

Professor of Optoelectronics
Connect with Johan

Email: jn@orc.soton.ac.uk

Research outputs

Emerging optical fibre technologies with potential defence applications
W.H. Loh, D. Hewak, M.N. Petrovich, J.R. Hayes, W. Stewart & W.A. Clarkson, 2012
DOI: 10.1117/12.978994
Type: conference
Ultra-fast calorimetry study of Ge2Sb2Te5 crystallization between dielectric layers
2012, Applied Physics Letters, 101(9)
DOI: 10.1063/1.4748881
Type: article
Development of low loss, wide bandwidth hollow core photonic bandgap fibres for telecom applications
M.N. Petrovich, N.V. Wheeler, R. Slavík, F. Poletti, N.K. Baddela, Eric Numkam Fokoua, J.R. Hayes & D.J. Richardson, 2012
DOI: 10.1109/ICTON.2012.6253894
Type: conference
Q-switched neodymium-doped Y3Al5O12-based silica fiber laser
S. Yoo, A.S. Webb, R.J. Standish, T.C. May-Smith & J.K. Sahu, 2012, Optics Letters, 37(12), 2181-2183
DOI: 10.1364/OL.37.002181
Type: article
Gas absorption between 1.8 and 2.1 microns in low loss (5.2 dB/km) HC-PBGF
N.V. Wheeler, M.N. Petrovich, N.K. Baddela, J.R. Hayes, Eric Numkam Fokoua, F. Poletti & D.J. Richardson, 2012
DOI: 10.1364/CLEO_SI.2012.CM3N.5
Type: conference