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Photonics guru joins new institute
The new Institute for Advanced Telecommunications at Swansea University has welcomed a key member of staff onboard, with the appointment of Professor Nick Doran.
The new Institute for Advanced Telecommunications at Swansea University has welcomed a key member of staff onboard, with the appointment of Professor Nick Doran Professor Doran was formerly the CTO and founder of Marconi-Solstis, which developed and installed the world's longest land-based ultra-high-capacity optical communications system in 2003
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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He was professor of Photonics at Aston University for nine years (1991-2000), cofounding the Photonics Research Group there and, prior to that, was the leader of the Ultrafast Communications Group at BT Laboratories Martlesham Heath.
Professor Doran is well known for his pioneering work in optical solitons and has published more than 150 papers on the subject.
He developed the concept of dispersion managed solitons, which is now a widely deployed technology in high speed optical systems.
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This is the technology he took from the research laboratory to a commercial product with Marconi Solstis, where he led the team of photonics engineers responsible for this development.
His research interests include all aspects of optical fibre nonlinearity and he is the inventor of the nonlinear optical loop mirror, which is the most widely employed ultrafast nonlinear optical device and is used in many pioneering research experiments worldwide.
Professor Doran's research is now on all-optical networks for the 21st century, which is anticipated to open up the communications networks of the future to yet greater speed and capacity.
His research will focus on advanced techniques for ultra high capacity optical transmission and experimenting with new types of optical networks.
The research will use new techniques for improving optical signals and for processing the data in the optical domain.
Professor Doran said: "I am delighted to have joined IAT at Swansea and I am looking forward to contributing to making this a world-leading centre for telecommunications research".
"This is an excellent time in my research area, photonics, where the almost insatiable demand for increased communications bandwidth is pushing the researcher to invent new concepts and exploit to the full the promise of optical technology".
"I am excited that there is such a clear demand for my research and delighted that Swansea can provide the environment for the research to flourish".
"I am also pleased to be working in such an attractive location that suits my interests in golf and sailing".
Head of IAT, Professor Elmirghani, said: "Professor Doran is highly respected in the field of optical communications and it is with great pleasure that I welcome him to the Institute of Advanced Telecommunications".
"It is a mark of how prestigious IAT is that it is attracting staff of this calibre and I am greatly looking forward to working with Professor Doran in taking forward the exciting projects we have planned in the field of photonics research".
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