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Professor Francesco Poletti

Professor Francesco Poletti

Professor

Research interests

  • Hollow Core Optical Fibres: design and fabrication
  • Optical Communications: high capacity and low latency
  • Novel active and passive optical fibres

More research

Accepting applications from PhD students.

Connect with Francesco

Email: frap@orc.soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 3924

Address: B53, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ
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Research Publications External roles and responsibilities
Research Publications External roles and responsibilities

Research

Research groups

Research interests

  • Hollow Core Optical Fibres: design and fabrication
  • Optical Communications: high capacity and low latency
  • Novel active and passive optical fibres
  • Applications of hollow core optical fibres
  • Optical fibre guidance mechanisms

Research projects

Active projects

FASTNET - Revolutionary hollow core low-latency fibres and cables for ultrafast next-generation optical networks
Sponsor: EPSRC
Research contract with Microsoft
Sponsor: Microsoft Corporation
Hollow Core Fibre Frequency Reference

Completed projects

Royal Society - F Poletti - Fellowship
Sponsor: Royal Society
Micro/nanostructured multimaterial fibres: A novel platform for engineering light-matter interaction
Sponsor: Royal Society
Antiresonant Hollow Optical Fibres for a Quantum Leap in Data and Optical Power Transmission
Sponsor: European Union
WISDOM - EU - H2020 MSCA IF - F Poletti
Sponsor: European Union
Development of Optimum Nested Antiresonant Nodeless Fibres
Sponsor: Aramco Overseas Company BV
H2020 EMPRESS F POLETTI 04/09/2017
Sponsor: European Union
National Hub in High Value Photonic Manufacturing
Sponsor: EPSRC
Airguide Photonics
Sponsor: EPSRC