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Research project

Tapered Semiconductor Fibres

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Anna Peacock

Professor of Photonics

Research interests

  • Nonlinear Optics
  • Fibre optics
  • Silicon Photonics
Connect with Anna

Email: acp@orc.soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

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

Dr Pier-John Sazio

Principal Research Fellow
Connect with Pier-John

Email: P.A.Sazio@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Nanophotonics Group

We perform fundamental optical physics and materials research. This is critical for the discovery and development of new and improved optoelectronic technologies.

Nonlinear Semiconductor Photonics

We explore the development and optimization of new semiconductor material platforms for application in nonlinear photonics.

Research outputs

Semiconductor optical fibres: progress and opportunities
Anna C. Peacock, Justin R. Sparks & Noel Healy, 2014, Laser & Photonics Reviews, 8(1), 53-72
DOI: 10.1002/lpor.201300016
Type: article
Four-wave mixing and octave-spanning supercontinuum generation in a small core hydrogenated amorphous silicon fiber pumped in the mid-infrared
L. Shen, N. Healy, L. Xu, H.Y. Cheng, T.D. Day, J.H.V. Price, J.V. Badding & A.C. Peacock, 2014, Optics Letters, 39(19), 5721-5724
DOI: 10.1364/OL.39.005721
Type: article
Integrated hollow-core fibers for nonlinear optofluidic applications
Limin Xiao, Natalie V. Wheeler, Noel Healy & Anna C. Peacock, 2013, Optics Express, 21(23), 28751-28757
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.028751
Type: article
Ultrafast optical control using the Kerr nonlinearity in hydrogenated amorphous silicon microcylindrical resonators
N. Vukovic, N. Healy, F.H. Suhailin, P. Mehta, T.D. Day, J.V. Badding & A.C. Peacock, 2013, Scientific Reports, 3(2885), 1-5
DOI: 10.1038/srep02885
Type: article
High nonlinear figure of merit hydrogenated amorphous silicon optical fibers
L. Shen, N. Healy, P. Mehta, T.D. Day, J.V. Badding & A.C. Peacock, 2013
Type: conference