by e.a.gilbride | Dec 9, 2021 | News, News Stories
Nanofabrication of Silicon Photonics: Electronics of the 21st century Nanofabrication, is fabrication on a nanoscale, making very small photonics devices which are light, consume less power and are faster than conventional electronic devices. We fabricate silicon...
by e.a.gilbride | Nov 30, 2021 | News, News Stories
The Future Photonics Hub – Redefining what’s possible The function of the Hub is to use the incredible facilities and expertise in Southampton and Sheffield to de-risk ideas and show how new technologies can be made reproducibly, reliably and cheaply....
by e.a.gilbride | Nov 30, 2021 | News, News Stories
Integrated Photonics: Creating new materials, one atom at a time You’ll find photonics in your phone, your TV and even in the cameras that recorded this film. Integrated photonics is the idea of taking optical devices like lasers, LEDs or solar cells and intimately...
by e.a.gilbride | Nov 15, 2021 | Lead story, News Stories
How laser technology can help decarbonise manufacturing Fibre lasers are having a profound impact on manufacturing. The Future Photonics Hub is developing innovative technologies that will be used in the digital manufacturing era. The unique properties of these novel...
by e.a.gilbride | Jul 13, 2021 | News, News Stories
Bringing quantum research into manufacturing of the future Professor Jon Heffernan is the Deputy Director of the Future Photonics Hub and leads the National Epitaxy Facility, based at the University of Sheffield, which is pioneering the development and...
by admin | Jun 30, 2021 | News, News Stories
Rebuilding the UK telecommunications industry Professor David Richardson has been at the forefront of photonics research for the past 30 years. He has led various large collaborative optical communications research programmes in the UK and abroad, as well as being...