Westminster unveil Britain’s future photonics researchers

Three of Britain’s future photonics researchers have been given the opportunity to promote their research to members of parliament at the SET for Britain event at the House of Commons on 8th March. more»

Professor Eason wins over EPSRC ‘Dragons’

Professor Rob Eason won over the EPSRC ‘dragons’ at a recent ‘Dragons Den’ style pitch, receiving a Bright IDEAS award of almost £190K for research in nanoparticle fabrication techniques. more»

New EPSRC grant for developing new fibre technology

ORC Reader, Dr Yoonchan Jeong, has recently been awarded £100K from EPSRC to develop rare-earth-doped large-core photonic band gap fibre technology for power-scaling at challenging wavelengths. more»

EPSRC to invest £430K in visible laser research at the ORC

EPSRC has awarded a grant for £430k to ORC Senior Research Fellow, Dr Jacob Mackenzie, to investigate a new approach for generating visible laser emission directly from highly-excited rare earth ions. more»

Senior Research Fellow announced as Outstanding Referee

ORC Senior Research Fellow, Dr Peter Horak, has recently been announced as a 2010 Outstanding Referee by the American Physical Society (APS). more»

Student receives honourable mention for photo

ORC student Martynas Beresna recently received an honourable mention in the Optics & Photonics News After Image photo contest. more»

ORC Professor elected as OSA fellow

ORC Professor Johan Nilsson has been elected a Fellow of the Optical Society of America (OSA) by the society’s Board of Directors at a meeting in San Jose, California. more»

Nobel Prize winner inspired internet pioneers at Southampton

The achievements of this years Physics Nobel Prize winner, Charles Kao, inspired the groundbreaking research at the University of Southampton that fuelled the growth of optical communications. more»

ORC FAST lab re-opens its doors.

The ORC’s Femtosecond Applications of Science and Technology (FAST) lab is back up and running following the completion of a £300K upgrade. more»

Southampton and Cambridge celebrate Portfolio success.

The Universities of Southampton and Cambridge held a symposium recently in celebration a 5 year EPSRC Portfolio partnership in NanoPhotonics coming to an end and the subsequent transition to multi-million pound programme grants in Southampton and Cambridge. more»

IET Fellowship for Visiting Professor

Professor Will Stewart, a visiting professor in the ORC has recently been elected as a fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology. more»

Marconi Society award Young Scholar prize to ORC student

The Marconi Society has recently selected Eric Plum - a third year PhD student from the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC), University of Southampton, as a 2009 Marconi Society Young Scholar. more»

Graduation 2009 celebrates ORC student success

The ORC recently celebrated the success of 14 students as they graduated from the University. more»

Two prestigious fellowships awarded to ORC researcher

Dr Francesco Poletti, a research fellow at the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC), Southampton, has recently been awarded two prestigious fellowships from the Royal Society and the Royal Academy of Engineering. more»

Deputy Director honoured by the Royal Academy of Engineering

ORC Deputy Director, Professor David Richardson, has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in recognition for his contributions to engineering. more»

Student wins prize at EMRS

Kate Sloyan, a first year PhD student at the ORC won a poster prize at the recent European Materials Research Society (EMRS) Spring Meeting in Strasbourg. more»

Mountbatten wins top award

The University of Southampton's striking new Mountbatten Building, which has risen from the ashes of the fire that destroyed its predecessor in October 2005, has won a top architecture award more»

Fianium award prize to ORC student

The founder and CEO of Fibre laser company Fianium, Professor Anatoly Grudinin recently presented a prize of £1000 to ORC PhD student Nikita Daga. more»