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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

Thulium-doped fiber amplifier for optical communications at 2 microns
Z. Li, A.M. Heidt, J.M.O. Daniel, Y. Jung, S.U. Alam & D.J. Richardson, 2013
DOI: 10.1364/OFC.2013.OTh4C.1
Type: conference
Transmission performance of phase-preserving amplitude regenerator based on optical injection locking
L. Jones, F. Parmigiani, V.J.F. Rancaño, M.A. Ettabib, P. Petropoulos & D.J. Richardson, 2013
DOI: 10.1364/OFC.2013.OW4C.4
Type: conference
Transmitting data inside a hole: recent advances in hollow core photonic bandgap technology
F. Poletti, J.P. Wooler, N.V. Wheeler, N.K. Baddela, D.R. Gray, Eric Numkam Fokoua, J.R. Hayes, Y. Jung, S.-U. Alam, Seyed Reza Sandoghchi, V.A.J.M. Sleiffer, M. Kuschnerov, M.N. Petrovich & D.J. Richardson, 2013
Type: conference
Ultraflat mid-IR supercontinuum pumped by a 100 kW diode-seeded picosecond fiber amplifier system at 2 microns
A.M. Heidt, J.H.V. Price, C. Baskiotis, Z. Li, S.-U. Alam & D.J. Richardson, 2013
Type: conference
Unleashing the spatial domain in optical fiber communications
D.J. Richardson, 2013
Type: conference