David Richardson (physicist)
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| Born | David John Richardson 1964 (age 60–61)[4] |
| Education | Taunton’s College |
| Alma mater | University of Sussex[5][6] |
| Awards | Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award (2013); John Tyndall Award[1] (2024); IEEE Photonics Award[2] (2025) |
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| Institutions | Microsoft, University of Southampton |
| Thesis | The production of, and experiments with, monochromatic ultra cold neutrons (1989) |
| Website | www |
David John Richardson (born 1964) is a British optoelectronics researcher and fellow of both the Royal Society (FRS) and the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng)[7]. He is currently a Partner Researcher at Microsoft[8], based in Romsey, UK, where he leads research on hollow core optical fiber technology—an approach that guides light through an air-filled core rather than conventional solid glass. Before joining Microsoft, he spent 34 years at the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) at the University of Southampton[9]. While at the ORC, he served as Professor, Deputy Director, and Head of the Fibre and Laser Group, making significant contributions to advanced optical fibre and laser research.[5][3][10]
Education
[edit]Richardson was educated at St George’s Roman Catholic School, Southampton and Taunton’s College.[4] He completed his Bachelor of Science degree and PhD in Physics at the University of Sussex in 1989.[6]
Career and research
[edit]Richardson is a pioneer in the field of photonics, best known for his work on fibre optics and their applications.[11] 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.[11] He has developed optical fibres of high performance – capable, for example, of transmitting large quantities of data across the internet at high speed.[11]
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.[11] 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.[11] His work extends to fibres capable of delivering kilowatts of optical power for manufacturing with lasers.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "David Richardson Wins 2024 John Tyndall Award". optica.org. Optica. December 2023.
- ^ "David Richardson – 2025 IEEE Photonics Award Recipient". ieee.org. IEEE.
- ^ a b c d e f David Richardson publications indexed by Google Scholar
- ^ a b Anon (2019). "Richardson, Prof. David John". Who's Who (online Oxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ a b "Professor David Richardson - Optoelectronics Research Centre - University of Southampton". www.orc.soton.ac.uk.
- ^ a b 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". The Royal Society. royalsociety.org.
- ^ https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/craft/people/
- ^ https://www.orc.soton.ac.uk/news/7104
- ^ 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. Bibcode:2010JOSAB..27B..63R. doi:10.1364/JOSAB.27.000B63. ISSN 0740-3224.
- ^ a b c d e f 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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