David Richardson (physicist)
David John Richardson FRS FREng[5] (born 1964) is a Professor and Deputy Director of the Optoelectronics Research Centre at the University of Southampton.[2][4][6]
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Born | David John Richardson 1964 (age 55–56)[1] |
Education | Taunton’s College |
Alma mater | University of Sussex (BSc, PhD)[2][3] |
Awards | Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award (2013) |
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Institutions | University of Southampton |
Thesis | The production of, and experiments with, monochromatic ultra cold neutrons (1989) |
Website | www |
Education
Richardson was educated at St George’s Roman Catholic School, Southampton and Taunton’s College.[1] He completed his Bachelor of Science degree and PhD in Physics at the University of Sussex in 1989.[3]
Career and research
Richardson is a pioneer in the field of photonics, best known for his work on fibre optics and their applications.[5] He has played a leading role in developing techniques to scale the data-carrying capacity of future optical communication networks to keep up with society's demand for ever increasing internet bandwidth.[5] He has developed optical fibres of high performance – capable, for example, of transmitting large quantities of data across the internet at high speed.[5]
Richardson was also one of the first to demonstrate the potential of compact, flexible, pulsed fibre lasers operating over a broad range of powers, pulse durations and wavelengths.[5] Over many years he has extended the performance limits of fibre lasers, making them strong contenders to conventional lasers and contributing to their commercial success.[5] His work extends to fibres capable of delivering kilowatts of optical power for manufacturing with lasers.[5]
References
- Anon (2019). "Richardson, Prof. David John". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. (subscription or UK public library membership required) (subscription required)
- "Professor David Richardson - Optoelectronics Research Centre - University of Southampton". www.orc.soton.ac.uk.
- Richardson, David John (1989). The production of, and experiments with, monochromatic ultra cold neutrons. jisc.ac.uk (Thesis). University of Sussex. Copac 42677383.
- David Richardson publications indexed by Google Scholar
- Anon (2018). "Professor David Richardson FREng FRS". London: Royal Society. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where:
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- Richardson, D. J.; Nilsson, J.; Clarkson, W. A. (2010). "High power fiber lasers: current status and future perspectives [Invited]". Journal of the Optical Society of America B. 27 (11): B63. doi:10.1364/JOSAB.27.000B63. ISSN 0740-3224.