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Research interests
Optical fibres
Research interests
I am interested in how light travels along optical fibres, and in designing and making fibres so that the light travels in new and unusual ways. Examples include fibres that change along their lengths (eg tapered fibres), split and combine to form new waveguides (eg photonic lanterns), or incorporate patterns of air holes and other material variations across their structures (eg photonic crystal fibres and multi-core fibres). We gain understanding of these things by theory and simulations, and also by the use of our experimental facilities for fabricating fibres and post-processing them. This leads to benefits for applications such optical telecommunication, medical sensing and imaging, and astronomical instrumentation.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Quantum Data Centre of the Future
Mosley, P., Birks, T. & Rusimova, K.
1/03/22 → 28/02/25
Project: Central government, health and local authorities
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U-Care: Deep Ultraviolet Light Therapies
Birks, T., Knight, J., Stone, J. & Wadsworth, W.
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
1/01/21 → 31/12/25
Project: Research council
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IRC Proteus II
Birks, T., Knight, J. & Stone, J.
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
1/04/19 → 31/12/22
Project: Research council
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OPTICON - Optical Infrared Coordination Network for Astronomy
1/01/17 → 30/06/21
Project: EU Commission
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Precision Astronomical Spectrographs using Single-Mode Photonic Technologies
Science and Technology Facilities Council
1/04/16 → 31/03/20
Project: Research council
Research output
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All-fibre wavefront sensor
Wright, T. A., Yerolatsitis, S., Harrington, K., Harris, R. J. & Birks, T. A., 1 Aug 2022, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 514, 4, p. 5422-5428 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Stack, seal, evacuate, draw: A method for drawing hollow-core fiber stacks under positive and negative pressure
Murphy, L., Yerolatsitis, S., Birks, T. & Stone, J., 10 Oct 2022, In: Optics Express. 30, 21, p. 37303 - 37313 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ultrafast Laser Fabricated Fused Silica Fibre Preforms
Ross, C. A., Harrington, K., Stone, J. M., Birks, T. A. & Thomson, R. R., 2022, CLEO: Science and Innovations, S and I 2022. Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA), SW5K.2. (Optics InfoBase Conference Papers).Research output: Chapter or section in a book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter in a published conference proceeding
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3D-M3: high-spatial-resolution spectroscopy with extreme AO and 3D-printed micro-lenslets
Anagnos, T., Trappen, M., Kuo Tiong, B. C., Feger, T., Yerolatsitis, S., Harris, R. J., Lozi, J., Jovanovic, N., Birks, T. A., Vievard, S., Guyon, O., Gris-Sánchez, I., Leon-Saval, S. G., Norris, B., Haffert, S. Y., Hottinger, P., Blaicher, M., Xu, Y., Betters, C. H., Koos, C., & 3 others, 1 Jul 2021, In: Applied Optics. 60, 19, p. D108-D121 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Far-ultraviolet optical fibers for instrumentation in the sub-200 nm regime
Gilliam, W., Fleming, B. T., Vorobiev, D., Winter, B., Wadsworth, W. & Birks, T., 20 Aug 2021, In: Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 11819, 118190L.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review
1 Citation (SciVal)
Datasets
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Dataset for "High resolution air-clad imaging fibers"
Wood, H. (Creator), Harrington, K. (Creator), Knight, J. (Creator), Birks, T. (Creator) & Stone, J. (Creator), University of Bath, 17 Sep 2018
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00554
Dataset
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Data for the publication: Low index contrast imaging fibers
Stone, J. (Creator), Wood, H. (Researcher), Harrington, K. (Researcher) & Birks, T. (Project Member), University of Bath, 2017
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00342
Dataset
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Dataset for "Stack, seal, evacuate, draw: A method for drawing hollow-core fiber stacks under positive and negative pressure"
Murphy, L. (Creator), Stone, J. (Creator), Yerolatsitis, S. (Creator) & Birks, T. (Creator), University of Bath, 23 Sep 2022
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-01170
Dataset
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Dataset for "An endlessly adiabatic fibre with a logarithmic refractive index distribution"
Harrington, K. (Creator), Yerolatsitis, S. (Researcher), van Ras, D. (Researcher), Haynes, D. M. (Researcher) & Birks, T. (Supervisor), University of Bath, 2017
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00444
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Dataset for "All-fibre wavefront sensor"
Wright, T. (Creator), Yerolatsitis, S. (Creator), Harrington, K. (Creator), Harris, R. (Creator) & Birks, T. (Creator), University of Bath, 13 Jun 2022
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-01135
Dataset