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Tapered Semiconductor Fibres

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Anna Peacock

Professor of Photonics

Research interests

  • Nonlinear Optics
  • Fibre optics
  • Silicon Photonics
Other researchers

Professor David Richardson FREng, FRS

Research interests

  • Hollow Core Optical Fibres
  • Optical Communications
  • High Power Fibre Lasers

Dr Pier-John Sazio

Principal Research Fellow

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Nanophotonics Group

We perform fundamental optical physics and materials research. This is critical for the discovery and development of new and improved optoelectronic technologies.

Nonlinear Semiconductor Photonics

We explore the development and optimization of new semiconductor material platforms for application in nonlinear photonics.

Research outputs

Extreme electronic bandgap modification in laser-crystallized silicon optical fibres
Noel Healy,
Sakellaris Mailis,
Nadezhda M. Bulgakova,
Pier J.A. Sazio,
Todd D. Day,
Justin R. Sparks,
Hiu Y. Cheng,
John V. Badding,
& Anna C. Peacock
, 2014 , Nature Materials , 13 (12) , 1122--1127
DOI: 10.1038/NMAT4098
Type: article
Semiconductor optical fibres: progress and opportunities
Anna C. Peacock,
Justin R. Sparks,
& Noel Healy
, 2014 , Laser & Photonics Reviews , 8 (1) , 53--72
DOI: 10.1002/lpor.201300016
Type: article
Ultrafast optical control using the Kerr nonlinearity in hydrogenated amorphous silicon microcylindrical resonators
N. Vukovic,
N. Healy,
F.H. Suhailin,
P. Mehta,
T.D. Day,
J.V. Badding,
& A.C. Peacock
, 2013 , Scientific Reports , 3 (2885) , 1--5
DOI: 10.1038/srep02885
Type: article
High nonlinear figure of merit hydrogenated amorphous silicon optical fibers
L. Shen,
N. Healy,
P. Mehta,
T.D. Day,
J.V. Badding,
& A.C. Peacock
, 2013
Type: conference
Nonlinear transmission properties of hydrogenated amorphous silicon core fibers towards the mid-infrared regime
L. Shen,
N. Healy,
P. Mehta,
T.D. Day,
J.R. Sparks,
J.V. Badding,
& A.C. Peacock
, 2013 , Optics Express , 21 (11) , 13075--13083
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.013075
Type: article