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Research project

The Photonic Hyperhighway

Staff

Lead researcher

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 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

Research outputs

Understanding wavelength scaling in 19-cell core hollow-core photonic bandgap fibers
Y. Chen, N.V. Wheeler, N.K. Baddela, J.R. Hayes, S.R. Sandoghchi, E. Numkam Fokoua, M. Li, F. Poletti, M.N. Petrovich & D.J. Richardson, 2014
DOI: 10.1364/OFC.2014.M2F.4
Type: conference
Multi-element fiber technology for space-division multiplexing applications
S. Jain, V.J.F. Rancaño, T.C. May-Smith, P. Petropoulos, J.K. Sahu & D.J. Richardson, 2014, Optics Express, 22(4), 3787-3796
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.003787
Type: article
Impact of structural distortions on the performance of hollow-core photonic bandgap fibers
Eric Numkam Fokoua, David J. Richardson & Francesco Poletti, 2014, Optics Express, 22(3), 2735-2744
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.002735
Type: article
Multi-element fiber for space-division multiplexing
J.K. Sahu, S. Jain, V.J.F. Rancaño, T.C. May-Smith, A. Webb, P. Petropoulos & D.J. Richardson, 2014
DOI: 10.1117/12.2044334
Type: conference
Low-loss and low-bend-sensitivity mid-infrared guidance in a hollow-core–photonic-bandgap fiber
Natalie V. Wheeler, Alexander M. Heidt, Naveen K. Baddela, Eric Numkam Fokoua, John R. Hayes, Seyed Reza Sandoghchi, Francesco Poletti, Marco N. Petrovich & David J. Richardson, 2014, Optics Letters, 39(2), 295-298
DOI: 10.1364/OL.39.000295
Type: article