The FUTURE PHOTONICS Hub

Our mission is to secure the UK’s position as a leading innovator in the high value global photonics market by transferring new, practical and commercial process technologies to industry. Together, we are combining our expertise and state-of-the art experimental facilities to:. We bridge the gap between academic research and product development, uniting the UK science base with industry and funding agencies to co-invest in R&D. User-driven manufacturing processes will increase the integration and unification of diverse manufacturing platforms in III-V epitaxy, metamaterials, Si-SOI fabrication methods and functional fibre geometries. The key challenge in manufacturing fibre is improving its loss, gain and power handling characteristics. Achieving integration with optical fibres, light sources and key processes of wafer level manufacturing to enable devices such as low cost transceivers for data centres and mid-infrared sensors. Bridging the gap between academic research and product development by bringing industry and funding agencies together to co-invest in R&D. The Future Photonics Hub is a partnership between two leading UK research institutes, the Optoelectronics Research Centre at the University of Southampton and the EPSRC National Epitaxy Facility at the University of Sheffield.