Staff Lead researchers Professor Francesco Poletti Professorial Fellow-Research Research interests Hollow Core Optical Fibres: design and fabrication Optical Communications: high capacity and low latency Novel active and passive optical fibres Connect with Francesco Email: [email protected] Other researchers Professor David Richardson FREng, FRS Research interests Hollow Core Optical Fibres Optical Communications High Power Fibre Lasers Connect with David Email: [email protected] Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups Hollow Core Fibre We are world-leaders in Hollow Core Optical Fibre research. Our ground-breaking fibres guide light at vacuum speeds and unprecedented intensities, enabling advances in telecoms, manufacturing, and sensing. Research outputs