Project overview
Optical fibres have transformed our modern world. They form the backbone of our telecommunication network and have enabled high power lasers used in manufacturing. There is a huge amount of technology that is now possible due to the development of the optical fibre. This project seeks to develop a manufacturing approach for the next generation of optical fibre. Rather than a single flexible strand of glass, we look to manufacture flexible glass sheets. These glass sheets will have similar properties as current optical fibre but the additional width dimension will allow new technology to be realised. For example, the glass sheet can be internally structured to manipulate light. Applications of this ability would include next generation of augmented reality eyewear, quantum computers, telecommunication infrastructure and new potentially higher power lasers. This technology could be transformative for communications, computation and engineering sectors.
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Research outputs
Przemyslaw Falak, Justin Ho-Tin Chan, James Williamson, Andrew Henning, Timothy Lee, Shahrzad Zahertar, Christopher Holmes, Martynas Beresna, Haydn Martin, Gilberto Brambilla & Xiangqian Jiang,
2024, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 73, 1-8
Type: article
Przemyslaw Falak, Timothy Lee, Shahrzad Zahertar, Bo Shi, Bruno Moog, Gilberto Brambilla, Christopher Holmes & Martynas Beresna,
2023, Scientific Reports, 13(1), 8805
Type: article
Q. Salman Ahmed, James W. Field, Christopher Holmes, Swe Zin Oo, Paolo Luciano Mennea, Rex Bannerman, Rod Cecil, Glenn Churchill, Corin Gawith, Peter G.R. Smith, Paul C. Gow & James Gates,
2023, Optical Materials Express, 13(2), 495-503
DOI: 10.1364/OME.481901
Type: article
Przemyslaw Falak, Justin Ho-Tin Chan, James Williamson, Andrew Henning, Haydn Martin, Xiangqian Jiang, Shahrzad Zahertar, Bruno Moog, Timothy Lee, Christopher Holmes, Gilberto Brambilla & Martynas Beresna,
2023
Type: conference
Christopher Holmes, M. Godfrey, Paolo Mennea, Shahrzad Zahertar & Janice Barton,
2022, Optical Materials, 134
Type: article
Design of microstructured flat optical fiber for multiaxial strain monitoring in composite materials
Francesco Anelli, Andrea Annunziato, Alessia Erario, Christopher Holmes, Caterina Ciminelli & Francesco Prudenzano,
2022, Journal of Lightwave Technology, 40(17), 5986-5994
Type: article
Christopher Holmes, Mike Godfrey, Paolo Mennea, Daniel Bull & Janice Barton,
2022, Optics & Laser Technology, 152
Type: article