Novel Glass & Fibre

PhD opportunities
Current projects
Past projects

The Novel Glass Group, led by Professor Dan Hewak, is part of the ORC's Fibre Fabrication Area and plays a central role in a broad spectrum of ORC activities. Our mission is to explore the application of new types of glass in any area of optoelectronics, the more unusual the better! It is a large and active group, consisting of Research Fellows, PhD students and Technical Support. We regularly interact with industry and collaborators internationally and are closely involved with several University spin out companies, in particular ChG Southampton Ltd and Ilika Technologies Ltd.

Our facilities include a wide range of specialized glass making and fibre drawing equipment, along with shared clean rooms for thin film deposition. Thermal, optical, electrical and mechanical characterization equipment are within the group and within the University we have access to a wide range of state-of-the-art analytical equipment.

The diversity of this equipment allows the group to rapidly redirect its research activities and respond instantly to emerging technologies. We continue to expand and in 2008 will be moving into new dedicated office and laboratory space.

Much of our work is focused on the chalcogenide glasses.

Click here to download a presentation about our recent work.

Chalcogenide and other glasses are available for sale for research and commercial purposes through the ORC spin out company ChG Southampton Ltd.

What is a chalcogenide

For more information about our PhD projects click here.

Phase Change Properties of Chalcogenide Materials

Integrated Microsphere Planar Lightwave Circuits

Chalcogenide Thin Films by Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD)

Active GLS Devices

New Infrared Lens Design and Fabrication

Chalcogenide Thin Films Deposited By RF Sputtering

Click here to find out about our previous projects.