Research Group Leader and University Professor

Our main research topic is the use of photonic crystal fibres (PCFs) for various types of applications. The possibility of designing the dispersion and the nonlinearity of PCFs is a way to control nonlinear effects that occurs in the fibre. This can lead to the generation of multi-octave spanning supercontinnum but this can also allow the development of new sources of nonclassical light for quantum optics. Part of the group aims at developing “quiet” supercontinnum sources and another part focuses on the generation and the manipulation of correlated photons for quantum optics. More recently we started collaborating with chemists to utilise hollow-core fibre as micro-reactors where chemical reactions take place while being analysed optically through the beam propagating in the core. Finally, the hollow core PCFs can also serve as a well-protected environment where particles can be trapped. We can then study opto-magnonic effects in levitating ferrimagnetic trapped particles.

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