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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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Research and Partnership Hubs for Health Technologies: Technologies for Experimental Medicine
Birks, T. (PI) & Stone, J. (CoI)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
1/04/25 → 31/03/28
Project: Research council
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U-Care: Deep Ultraviolet Light Therapies
Birks, T. (PI), Knight, J. (CoI), Stone, J. (CoI), Wadsworth, W. (CoI) & Harrington, K. (Researcher)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
1/01/21 → 31/12/26
Project: Research council
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Quantum Data Centre of the Future
Mosley, P. (PI), Rusimova, K. (PI), Birks, T. (CoI) & Rusimova, K. (CoI)
Innovate UK, Innovate UK Business Connect
1/03/22 → 31/03/25
Project: Central government, health and local authorities
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IRC Proteus II
Birks, T. (PI), Knight, J. (CoI) & Stone, J. (Researcher)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
1/04/19 → 31/12/22
Project: Research council
Research output
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Resonance-free deep ultraviolet to near infrared supercontinuum generation in a hollow-core antiresonant fibre
Sabbah, M., Mears, R., Harrington, K., Wadsworth, W., Stone, J., Birks, T. & Travers, J. C., 24 Mar 2025, In: JPhys: Photonics. 7, 025019.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Anti-resonant hollow core fibres for UV guidance
Harrington, K., Mears, R., Stone, J. M., Knight, J. C., Wadsworth, W. J. & Birks, T. A., 2 Sept 2024, Proceedings - 2024 24th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2024. Prudenzano, F. & Marciniak, M. (eds.). U. S. A.: IEEE, (International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks).Research output: Chapter or section in a book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter in a published conference proceeding
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Axi-Stack: A method for manufacturing freeform air-silica optical fibre
Ross, C. A., Harrington, K., Mears, R., Stone, J. M., Birks, T. A. & Thomson, R. R., 1 Jan 2024, In: Optics Express. 32, 1, p. 922-931 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Deep-ultraviolet to near-infrared supercontinuum generation in a resonance-free hollow-core anti-resonant fiber
Sabbah, M., Mears, R., Harrington, K., Wadsworth, W. J., Stone, J. M., Birks, T. A. & Travers, J. C., 24 Oct 2024.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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Guidance of ultraviolet light down to 190 nm in a hollow-core optical fibre
Mears, R., Harrington, K., Wadsworth, W., Knight, J., Stone, J. & Birks, T., 11 Mar 2024, In: Optics Express. 32, 6, p. 8520-8526 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access8 Citations (SciVal)
Datasets
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Data 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, 27 Sept 2018
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00554
Dataset
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Dataset for "Guidance of ultraviolet light down to 190 nm in a hollow-core optical fibre"
Mears, R. (Creator), Harrington, K. (Creator), Wadsworth, W. (Creator), Knight, J. (Creator), Stone, J. (Creator) & Birks, T. (Creator), University of Bath, 28 Feb 2024
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-01333
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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 Low-loss, compact, fibre-integrated cell for quantum memories
McGarry, C. (Creator), Harrington, K. (Creator), Goodwin, D. J. (Creator), Perek-Jennings, C. (Creator), Birks, T. (Creator), Rusimova, K. (Creator) & Mosley, P. (Creator), University of Bath, 24 May 2024
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-01403
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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 Sept 2022
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-01170
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