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14 October 2014
Next-generation optical fibre now available to purchase
Fibre drawing tower in the Zepler Institute Cleanroom Complex
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Related Links:
• ORC fibre sales website - register your interest
To mark its 25th anniversary, the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) at the University of Southampton is making its next-generation fibre available for purchase.Systems engineers and researchers will now be able to purchase...
01 October 2014
Zepler Institute hosts Photonics Day
PhD student Deepak Jain talks Professor Otto Muskens through his poster on Photonics Day.
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Related Links:
• International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies 2015 website
The Zepler Institute recently held Photonics Day, a regular annual event in the University calendar, which has been re-launched this year to celebrate the truly multidisciplinary...
01 October 2014
Fibre optic Professor Sir David Payne celebrates 70th birthday with special symposium
Professor Sir David Payne at the Symposium organised in honour of his 70th birthday
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Related Links:
• Optoelectronics Research Centre website
• Zepler Institute website
Professor Sir David Payne, whose contributions to optical fibre technology formed the backbone of the Internet and telecommunications networks, has celebrated his 70th birthday...
01 September 2014
Photonics Day 2014: celebrating the multidisciplinary nature of photonics research
Related Links:
• Zepler Institute
• Photonics Day booking
Photonics Day is a regular annual event in the University calendar in which the very latest photonics research is reviewed through a number of oral and poster presentations. This year, the event is being re-launched by the Zepler Institute as a celebration of the truly multidisciplinary nature of photonics research and will feature presentations from across the Zepler Institute’...
11 June 2014
ORC students deliver award-winning research presentations
Supervisor Professor Rob Eason congratulates Tina Parsonage and Ioannis Katis on awards from E-MRS
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Related Links:
• European Materials Research Society
Two ORC students presenting at the European Materials Research Society’s (E-MRS’s) spring meeting, have won awards for their presentations at the Lille based conference.PhD students Tina Parsonage and...
28 May 2014
Towards a new generation of mid-infrared photonics systems
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Related Links:
• Learn more about CLARITY
New published results from the EU funded project, CLARITY, will help photonics researchers better understand and improve quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) and mid-infrared fibers, and provide the basis for highly efficient mid- to near-infrared conversion.Following the invention of the quantum cascade laser (QCL) in 1994, the mid-infrared (mid-IR)...

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