About
Professor Periklis Petropoulos is a Professor of Optical Communications and the Deputy Head of School (Research) at the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC). He graduated from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Patras, Greece in 1995. He received the MSc degree in Communications Engineering from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, UK and the PhD degree in Optical Telecommunications from the Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, UK. He is affiliated with the ORC ever since. His research interests lie in the fields of optical communications, all-optical signal processing and novel fibre and waveguide technologies. He has participated in several European Union and national research projects in the field of optical communications. His research has produced more than 500 papers in technical journals and conference proceedings, including several invited and post-deadline papers in major international conferences, and holds 6 patents.
Prof Petropoulos has served as member of the Technical Programme Committees for several international conferences, including the European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC; 2009-15), the Optical Fiber Communication (OFC; 2012-15) conference, and has repeatedly served as a Sub-committee Chair for these conferences.
He is the Editor-in-Chief of IET Optoelectronics.
Professor Petropoulos is a Fellow of Optica (formerly the Optical Society of America).
Research
Research groups
Research interests
- Professor Petropoulos is responsible for the Telecommunications Systems Laboratory of the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC).
- He is member of the research groups Optical Fibre Communications and Advanced Fibre Technologies & Applications
Current research
Professor Petropoulos is responsible for the Telecommunications Systems Laboratory of the ORC. He is member of the following groups:
Current research projects include:
- Airguide Photonics
- Photonic Phase Conjugation Systems (PHOS)
- Silicon-rich silicon nitride Nonlinear Integrated Photonic ciRcuits & Systems (juNIPeRS)
- Converged Optical and Wireless Access Networks (COALESCE)
The Telecommunications Systems Lab is part of the UK's National Dark Fibre Facility.
Research projects
Active projects
Completed projects
Publications
Supervision
Current PhD Students
Teaching
Professor Petropoulos is the Module Leader of OPTO6010: Advanced Fibre Telecommunication Technologies
External roles and responsibilities
Biography
Professor Periklis Petropoulos is a Professor of Optical Communications and the Deputy Head of School (Research) at the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC). He graduated from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Patras, Greece in 1995. He received the MSc degree in Communications Engineering from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, UK and the PhD degree in Optical Telecommunications from the Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, UK. He is affiliated with the ORC ever since. His research interests lie in the fields of optical communications, all-optical signal processing and novel fibre and waveguide technologies. He has participated in several European Union and national research projects in the field of optical communications. His research has produced more than 550 papers in technical journals and conference proceedings, including several invited and post-deadline papers in major international conferences, and holds 6 patents.
Prof Petropoulos has served as member of the Technical Programme Committees for several international conferences, including the European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC; 2009-15), the Optical Fiber Communication (OFC; 2012-15) conference, and has repeatedly served as a Sub-committee Chair for these conferences. He is a founding member of the Management Board of the UK’s National Dark Fibre Facility (NDFF), an installed fibre network dedicated to research purposes.
He is the Editor-in-Chief of IET Optoelectronics.
Professor Petropoulos is a Fellow of Optica (formerly the Optical Society of America).