Research project

The Photonic Hyperhighway

Lead researchers:

Professor Sir David Payne
Other researchers:

Professor David Richardson
Research funder:

EPSRC
Status:

Not active

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 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

Research outputs

Electrical current-driven dual-core optical fiber with embedded metal electrodes

Z. Lian, M. Segura, Nina Podoliak, X. Feng, N.M. White, Peter Horak & W.H. Loh, 2014

Type: conference

Electrostatic actuation of nanomechanical optical fibres with integrated electrodes

Nina Podoliak, Zhenggang Lian, Martha Segura, W.H. Loh & P. Horak, 2014

DOI: 10.1117/12.2051215

Type: conference

Fabrication of multiple parallel suspended-core optical fibers by sheet-stacking

Jindan Shi, Xian Feng, Zhenggang Lian, Nicholas White, Wei Loh, Francesco Poletti & Peter Horak, 2014, Optical Fiber Technology, 20(4), 395-402

DOI: 10.1016/j.yofte.2014.04.006

Type: article

First demonstration of a 2µm few-mode TDFA for mode division multiplexing

Y. Jung, P.C. Shardlow, M. Belal, Z. Li, A.M. Heidt, J.M.O. Daniel, D. Jain, J.K Sahu, W.A. Clarkson, B. Corbett, J. O'Callaghan, S.U. Alam & D.J. Richardson, 2014, Optics Express, 22(9), 10544-10549

DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.010544

Type: article

First demonstration of all-optical programmable SDM/TDM intra data centre and WDM inter-DCN communication

S. Yan, E. Hugues-Salas, V.J.F. Rancaño, S. Yi, G. Saridis, B. Rofoee, Y. Yan, A. Peters, S. Jain, T. May-Smith, P. Petropoulos, D.J. Richardson, G. Zervas & D. Simeonidou, 2014

DOI: 10.1109/ECOC.2014.6964258

Type: conference

High-energy diode-seeded nanosecond 2µm fiber MOPA systems incorporating active pulse shaping

Z. Li, A.M. Heidt, P.S. Teh, M. Berendt, J.K. Sahu, R. Phelan, B. Kelly, S.U. Alam & D.J. Richardson, 2014, Optics Letters, 39(6), 1569-1572

DOI: 10.1364/OL.39.001569

Type: article

Highly nonlinear tellurite glass fiber for broadband applications

M.A. Ettabib, K. Hammani, X. Feng, M. Belal, J.D. Shi, A. Bogris, A. Kapsalis, D. Syvridis, D.J. Richardson & P. Petropoulos, 2014

Type: conference