Staff Lead researcher Professor Periklis Petropoulos Professor 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 Connect with Periklis Email: pp@orc.soton.ac.uk Other researchers Professor David Thomson Professorial Fellow-Research Connect with David Email: d.thomson@soton.ac.uk Professor Graham Reed FREng, FIET, FOSA, FSPIE, FEOS Professor of Silicon Photonics Connect with Graham Email: g.reed@soton.ac.uk Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups Optical Fibre Communications We find new ways to use and apply optical technologies in telecommunications. Photonic Systems Circuits and Sensors Group We're a multidisciplinary group working on disciplines ranging from silicon photonics to distributed optical fibre sensors.