Guided Wave Optics & Photonics Research
Nonlinear Fibre Optics
The optical nonlinearity of optical fibre waveguides is often regarded as a problem (eg. in "linear" optical communication systems) but may also be useful in a variety of applications, and underlies a variety of physical phenomena which are both useful and beautiful, such as optical solitons. The innate nonlinear properties of silica optical fibre are generally weak, but may be enhanced using specialised fibres (eg. special designs, or materials other than glass), and/or special processing (eg. poling).
The aim of the projects below is to investigate and utilise the nonlinear properties of a variety of application-specific optical waveguides to realise useful devices.
Please contact Dr G. Town with enquiries regarding research.