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EPSRC Support by Research Area in Optical Communications

Research areas are used to describe EPSRC's portfolio of excellent long term research and high quality postgraduate training.

Grants are classified using one or more research areas. All the grants listed below have some relevance to this research area. The value of the investment is the total awarded by EPSRC and does not reflect the proportion assigned to this research area.

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Grant TitlePrincipal
Investigator
OrganisationDepartmentTotal Grant
Value (£)
A prototype interface between neutral-atom quantum processors and superconducting circuitsHogan, Professor SDUCLPhysics and Astronomy 1,012,857
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Connected Electronic and Photonic Systems (CEPS)Seeds, Professor AJUCLElectronic and Electrical Engineering 5,679,485
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Industry-Inspired Photonic Imaging, Sensing and AnalysisReid, Professor DHeriot-Watt UniversitySch of Engineering and Physical Science 5,346,752
EPSRC-SFI:Energy Efficient M Communication using Combs (EEMC)Ellis, Professor ADAston UniversityCollege of Engineering and Physical Sci 634,133
Extremely Wideband Optical Fibre Communication SystemsKilley, Professor RIUCLElectronic and Electrical Engineering 738,958
Fast Switching Zincblende GaN LEDsOliver, Professor RAUniversity of CambridgeMaterials Science & Metallurgy 586,130
Fast Switching Zincblende GaN LEDsBinks, Professor DJUniversity of Manchester, ThePhysics and Astronomy 473,432
Fast Switching zincblende-GaN LEDsWallis, Professor DJCardiff UniversitySch of Engineering 483,562
Future communications hub in all-spectrum connectivityO'Brien, Professor DUniversity of OxfordEngineering Science 3,032,580
Future communications hub in all-spectrum connectivity: additional fundsO'Brien, Professor DUniversity of OxfordEngineering Science 8,528,424
Green Optical Wireless Communications Facilitated by Photonic Power Harvesting "GreenCom"Haas, Professor HUniversity of CambridgeEngineering 576,959
Interferometric and Multiband optical Parametric Amplifiers for Communications (IMPAC)Gordienko, Dr VAston UniversityCollege of Engineering and Physical Sci 1,193,138
Joint Open Infrastructure for Networks Research (JOINER)Simeonidou, Professor DUniversity of BristolElectrical and Electronic Engineering 12,560,513
Laser Imaging of Turbine Engine Combustion Species (LITECS)Lengden, Dr MPUniversity of StrathclydeElectronic and Electrical Engineering 5,813,734
National Dark Fibre FacilitySeeds, Professor AJUCLElectronic and Electrical Engineering 5,700,543
OptoCloud: Ultra-fast optically interconnected heterogeneous Data CentersZervas, Professor GUCLElectronic and Electrical Engineering 1,120,128
Opto-Spintronic interfaces for next generation quantum networks - (SpinNet)Macedo, Dr RUniversity of GlasgowSchool of Engineering 202,326
Satellite Ground Station Research FacilityGoussetis, Professor GHeriot-Watt UniversitySch of Engineering and Physical Science 1,042,525
Sheffield-Phlux Advance Research Collaboration (SPARC)Ng, Professor JUniversity of SheffieldElectronic and Electrical Engineering 529,593
Superchannel Transponders for the Big Data EraSygletos, Dr SAston UniversityCollege of Engineering and Physical Sci 202,094
Terabit Bidirectional Multi-user Optical Wireless System (TOWS) for 6G LiFiAl-Hashimi, Professor BKings College LondonEngineering 3,692,896
Terahertz frequency devices and systems for ultrahigh capacity wireless communicationsDavies, Professor AGUniversity of LeedsElectronic and Electrical Engineering 7,097,283
Towards The Quantum Internet: Interconnecting Quantum NetworksJoshi, Dr S KUniversity of BristolElectrical and Electronic Engineering 307,445
Transforming networks - building an intelligent optical infrastructure (TRANSNET)Bayvel, Professor PUCLElectronic and Electrical Engineering 6,105,916

Total Number of Grants: 24
Total Value of Grants: £72,661,406

The grant value may include the cost of access to facilities (these funds are not awarded to the grant holding organisation).