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Research project

The Photonic Hyperhighway

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

Research outputs

All-optical phase regeneration in a highly nonlinear lead-silicate fiber
M.A. Ettabib, F. Parmigiani, X. Feng, L. Jones, J. Kakande, R. Slavík, F. Poletti, G.M. Ponzo, J.D. Shi, M.N. Petrovich, P. Petropoulos, W.H. Loh & D.J. Richardson, 2012
Type: conference
Dissemination of an optical frequency comb over fibre with 3x10-18 fractional accuracy
2012
Type: conference
Enhancing optical communications with next generation fibers and associated fiber components
2012
DOI: 10.1364/ACPC.2012.ATh1A.1
Type: conference
First demonstration of 2 micron data transmission in a low-loss hollow core photonic bandgap fiber
M.N. Petrovich, F. Poletti, J.P. Wooler, A.M. Heidt, N.K. Baddela, Zhihong Li, D.R. Gray, R. Slavík, F. Parmigiani, N.V. Wheeler, J.R. Hayes, Eric Numkam Fokoua, L. Grüner-Nielsen, B. Pálsdóttir, R. Phelan, B. Kelly, M. Becker, N. MacSuibhne, J. Zhao, F.C. Garcia Gunning, A.D. Ellis, P. Petropoulos, S.U. Alam & D.J. Richardson, 2012
DOI: 10.1364/ECEOC.2012.Th.3.A.5
Type: conference
Modulation format conversion employing coherent optical superposition
Francesca Parmigiani, Liam Jones, Joseph Kakande, Periklis Petropoulos & David J. Richardson, 2012, Optics Express, 20(26), B322-B330
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.00B322
Type: article
Temporal multiplexing of complex modulation formats facilitated by their coherent optical superposition
F. Parmigiani, J. Kakande, L.M. Jones, P. Petropoulos & D.J. Richardson, 2012
DOI: 10.1364/ECEOC.2012.We.3.E.2
Type: conference
Gridless optical networking field trial: flexible spectrum switching, defragmentation and transport of 10G/40G/100G/555G over 620-km field fiber
N. Amaya, M. Irfan, G. Zervas, K. Banias, M. Garrich, I. Henning, D. Simeonidou, Y.R. Zhou, A. Lord, K. Smith, V.J.F. Rancaño, S. Liu, P. Petropoulos & D.J. Richardson, 2011, Optics Express, 19(26), B277-B282
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.00B277
Type: article