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Research project

EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Photonics

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 Jayanta Sahu

Professorial Fellow-Research
Connect with Jayanta

Email: jks@orc.soton.ac.uk

Professor Andy Clarkson

Professor of Optoelectronics Research
Connect with Andy

Email: wac@orc.soton.ac.uk

Professor Michalis Zervas PhD

Professor of Optical Communications
Connect with Michalis

Email: mnz@soton.ac.uk

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

Professor Johan Nilsson

Professor of Optoelectronics
Connect with Johan

Email: jn@orc.soton.ac.uk

Research outputs

High power diode-seeded fiber amplifiers at 2µm - from architectures to applications
Alexander M. Heidt, Zhihong Li & David J. Richardson, 2014, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 20(5), 1-12
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2014.2312933
Type: article
Novel design of large-mode-area rod-type fibers with negative curvature trenches at 1 µm
Junhua Ji, Jiang Sun, Johan Nilsson & S. Yoo, 2014
DOI: 10.1364/OFC.2014.Th2A.47
Type: conference
Impact of structural distortions on the performance of hollow-core photonic bandgap fibers
Eric Numkam Fokoua, David J. Richardson & Francesco Poletti, 2014, Optics Express, 22(3), 2735-2744
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.002735
Type: article
Low-loss and low-bend-sensitivity mid-infrared guidance in a hollow-core–photonic-bandgap fiber
Natalie V. Wheeler, Alexander M. Heidt, Naveen K. Baddela, Eric Numkam Fokoua, John R. Hayes, Seyed Reza Sandoghchi, Francesco Poletti, Marco N. Petrovich & David J. Richardson, 2014, Optics Letters, 39(2), 295-298
DOI: 10.1364/OL.39.000295
Type: article
Fast and broadband fiber dispersion measurement with dense wavelength sampling
Giorgio M. Ponzo, Marco N. Petrovich, Xian Feng, Peter Horak, Francesco Poletti, Periklis Petropoulos & David J. Richardson, 2014, Optics Express, 22(1), 943-953
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.000943
Type: article
Cladding-pumped ytterbium-doped fiber laser with radially polarized output
Di Lin, Jae M.O. Daniel, Mindaugas Gecevičius, Martynas Beresna, P.G. Kazansky & W.A. Clarkson, 2014, Optics Letters, 39(18), 5359-5361
DOI: 10.1364/OL.39.005359
Type: article
Design of dual-core optical fibers with NEMS functionality
Nina Podoliak, Zhenggang Lian, Wei H. Loh & Peter Horak, 2014, Optics Express, 22(1), 1065-1076
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.001065
Type: article