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Silicon photonics is revolutionising the Datacom industry, compelling educators to modernise the way this technology is taught to the next generation of engineers.

Photonics, known to many as 'the electronics of the 21st century', has become a ubiquitous technology in modern society, impacting many fields and addressing several grand challenges.

Silicon photonics, in particular, is an important field since it
16 July 2020
Silicon Photonics Group introduces a photonics pathway in undergraduate education
Silicon photonics is revolutionising the Datacom industry, compelling educators to modernise the way this technology is taught to the next generation of engineers.Photonics, known to many as 'the electronics of the 21st century', has become a ubiquitous technology in modern society, impacting many fields and addressing several grand challenges.Silicon photonics, in particular, is an important field since it leverages Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor(CMOS) technology and is being increasingly implemented in data centres, LIDAR systems and sensing applications.As silicon photonics continues to rise, there is a growing... Read more
A picture of Dr Massimiliano Guasoni - ORC
A picture of Dr Massimiliano Guasoni - ORC

Researchers at the Zepler Institute for Photonics and Nanoelectronics are investigating the self-patterning of light in multicore optical fibres as a route to scalable high-power lasers and all-optical signal processing.

An international collaboration led by
10 July 2020
Self-patterning light signals bright future for high-power lasers
A picture of Dr Massimiliano Guasoni - ORC
Researchers at the Zepler Institute for Photonics and Nanoelectronics are investigating the self-patterning of light in multicore optical fibres as a route to scalable high-power lasers and all-optical signal processing.An international collaboration led by Dr Massimiliano Guasoni is studying how beams in opposing directions arrange themselves into well-defined patterns, ideally suited for producing a high brightness single beam.The research builds upon the University of Southampton's expertise in multicore optical fibres which, unlike traditional single... Read more

Researchers from the University of Southampton have demonstrated a new patterning technology that can create high-quality nanostructured surfaces for infrared thermal control coatings and nonlinear optics.

The research was carried out through a close collaboration between physicists and Sustainable Electronic Technologies experts in Electronics and Computer Science (ECS).

Metasurfaces are man-made structures
10 July 2020
Plasma patterning technique forms new optical metasurfaces
Researchers from the University of Southampton have demonstrated a new patterning technology that can create high-quality nanostructured surfaces for infrared thermal control coatings and nonlinear optics.The research was carried out through a close collaboration between physicists and Sustainable Electronic Technologies experts in Electronics and Computer Science (ECS).Metasurfaces are man-made structures designed to control light and other forms of radiation using very small elements, typically with sub-micrometer dimensions.Conventional methods of producing the advanced material coatings in specialist cleanroom facilities... Read more
CORNERSTONE silicon chip sheet
CORNERSTONE silicon chip sheet

A rapid prototyping foundry for silicon photonics based in the University of Southampton cleanroom complex has joined forces with a major European research consortium to help accelerate the next generation of silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technologies.

The CORNERSTONE service is now available to
07 July 2020
CORNERSTONE prototyping platform extends service to European innovators
CORNERSTONE silicon chip sheet
A rapid prototyping foundry for silicon photonics based in the University of Southampton cleanroom complex has joined forces with a major European research consortium to help accelerate the next generation of silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technologies.The CORNERSTONE service is now available to EUROPRACTICE customers through the Tyndall National Institute across three different SOI platforms.The open source Multi-Project Wafer (MPW) foundry, based in the Zepler Institute for Photonics and Nanoelectronics (ZIPN), specialises in the fabrication of silicon photonics... Read more

The Zepler Institute is a community of researchers from the University of Southampton’s Optoelectronics Research Centre, Electronics and Electrical Engineering Group, Nanoelectronics and Nanotechnology Group and Quantum Light and Matter Group