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The Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) is one of the world’s leading institutes for photonics research, based at the University of Southampton. This includes optical fibres and materials, lasers and waveguides... more»

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Professor David Payne nominated as finalist for 2008 Millennium Technology Prize

The Millennium Prize Foundation today announced that Professor David Payne of the University of Southampton has been selected as a finalist for the 2008 Millennium Technology Prize, the world’s largest and most prestigious award for technology innovation more»

Growing semiconductors into fibres for improved functionality

A team from the ORC and Penn State University have developed a process for growing a single-crystal semiconductor inside the tunnel of a hollow optical fibre more»

Paper on new memory materials chosen as ‘Letter of the Month’

The paper reveals our latest work on electrical phase change for next-generation memory devices
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