Research project

FASTNET - Revolutionary Hollow Core Low-latency Fibres And Cables For Ultrafast Next-generation Optical Networks

Research groups:
Lead researcher:

Professor Francesco Poletti
Research funder:

EPSRC
Status:

Active

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Francesco Poletti

Professorial Fellow-Research

Research interests

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

Connect with Francesco

Email: frap@orc.soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

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.