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Research project

The Photonic Hyperhighway

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 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

Recent advances in photonic bandgap fiber technology
Francesco Poletti, Natalie Wheeler, Naveen Baddela, Y. Jung, J.P. Wooler, D.R. Gray, Eric Numkam Fokoua, J.R. Hayes, R. Slavík, S.-U. Alam, Seyed Reza Sandoghchi, V.A.J.M. Sleiffer, M. Kuschnerov, M.N. Petrovich & D.J. Richardson, 2013
DOI: 10.1109/PHOSST.2013.6614513
Type: conference
Self-pumping wavelength conversion of mixed order PSK signals by FWM to realise band conversion
Kyle Bottrill, Francesca Parmigiani, D.J. Richardson & P. Petropoulos, 2013
Type: conference
Signal regeneration techniques for advanced modulation formats
R. Slavík, J. Kakande, F. Parmigiani, P. Petropoulos & D.J. Richardson, 2013
DOI: 10.1364/CLEO_SI.2013.CTu1G.3
Type: conference
Synthesis of Quadrature Amplitude Modulated (QAM) signals by direct modulation of simple semiconductor lasers under injection locking
Radan Slavík, J. Kakande, R. Phelan, J. O'Carroll, B. Kelly & D.J. Richardson, 2013
Type: conference
Thulium doped fiber amplifiers for 2 micron telecommunications
S.-U. Alam, Z. Li, J.M.O. Daniel, Y. Jung, A.M. Heidt & D.J. Richardson, 2013
Type: conference