Staff Lead researcher Dr Natalie Wheeler Principal Research Fellow Connect with Natalie Email: nvw1v10@orc.soton.ac.uk Other researchers Professor Radan Slavik Professorial Fellow-Research Research interests Fibre optics Ultrastable fibre interferometers High-accuracy measurement Connect with Radan Email: r.slavik@soton.ac.uk MB Dr Martynas Beresna Principal Research Fellow Connect with Martynas Email: m.beresna@soton.ac.uk Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups Fibres and Communications We develop new fibre technologies and explore their applications in areas including communications, sensing, lasers, materials processing and imaging. Advanced Fibre Applications We are dedicated to exploring advanced applications of cutting-edge optical fibres, with a special emphasis on hollow core fibres. These fibres are designed and fabricated by the Zepler Institute Microstructured Fibre group, while our group focuses on aspects of these newly-emerging fibres from the ‘user perspective’. Hollow Core Fibre We are world-leaders in Hollow Core Optical Fibre research. Our ground-breaking fibres guide light at vacuum speeds and unprecedented intensities, enabling advances in telecoms, manufacturing, and sensing. Optical Fibre Sensors and Devices Our group develops a variety of innovative optical fibre devices and sensors. Gas Photonics in Hollow Core Fibres Hollow core fibres enable gas-light interactions over extended lengths, opening up diverse applications in high sensitivity gas sensing, novel wavelengths generation, and waveguide enhancement.