All stages of the fabrication process will be explained in a series of dedicated lectures and small group workshops, along with background knowledge and design parameters. Fibre fabrication will be performed by the participants themselves under close and supportive supervision.
Laboratory sessions (~45 hours)
- getting to know the facilities
- stacking equipment and techniques
- preform fabrication
- drawing of photonic crystal fibres
- fibre characterisation
Lectures and Seminars (~20 hours)
- fibre drawing equipment
- waveguide physics
- designing photonic crystal fibers
- physics of glass
- applications of photonic crystal fibres
The intensive 2-week course will be delivered by the Bath group of professors, academics and technicians who are amongst the world leaders in this area and who have contributed to the development of the world’s first and best photonic crystal fibres.
Course team
- Professor Tim Birks
- Dr Enrico Da Como
- Mr Alan George
- Dr Andrey Gorbach
- Professor Jonathan Knight
- Dr Peter Mosley
- Mr Steven Renshaw
- Professor Dmitry Skryabin
- Dr Paul Snow
- Professor William Wadsworth