Simon Andrews
Organisation: Fraunhofer UK Research Role: Executive director Based in: Glasgow, UK
Simon Andrews helped to establish the UK’s first Fraunhofer centre, the Fraunhofer Centre for Applied Photonics (CAP), and has been executive director since 2014 at Fraunhofer UK Research, which provides professional R&D services to the photonics industry while maintaining close ties to cutting-edge university research. Andrews has enjoyed a variety of roles in industry from design, development and production engineering through to operations and engineering management. He has managed the development
of products from concept to market, with Luc Augustin
Organisation: SMART Photonics Role: CTO
Combining technologies is the most important step photonics researchers need to take, believes Luc Augustin, chief technology officer of integrated photonic circuits foundry Smart Photonics. He believes that further adaptation of photonic integrated circuits in multiple applications using the same generic platform is vital. Those applications range from optical communications to various sensing applications, including lidar. Augustin said: ‘A cost-effective hybrid
integration of silicon photonics with InP-based lasers and modulators will be the most important breakthrough. Indium
Based in: Eindhoven, The Netherlands Education: PhD, Electrical Engineering
Phosphide (InP) is the only material capable of making high-performance and reliable lasers, high-speed, high-performance modulators and monolithically integrate all possible optical components. Silicon currently has the lowest cost and highest volume capabilities, but lacks the lasers and high speed modulators. To allow silicon to perform in demanding applications, InP and silicon need to be intimately integrated in a flexible, scalable and cost-effective way.’ You can find Augustin online at linkedin. com/in/lucaugustin/. He plans to attend OFC, Photonics West, PIC international and ECOC, as well as local IEEE Benelux symposia.
Liam Barry
Organisation: Dublin City University Role: Professor of Photonics Systems Based in: Dublin, Ireland
Education: B.E. in Electronic Engineering, University College Dublin,
M.Eng.Sc. in Optical Systems, University College Dublin, PhD in Photonic Devices and Networks, University of Rennes 1
It’s perhaps no surprise that Liam Barry makes the Photonics100, as he was admitted to the Royal Irish Academy in 2019, holds 10 electro-optics patents, and is co-founder of two photonics companies, Southern Photonics and Pilot Photonics.
The photonics sector is not immune to the
energy crisis suggests Barry when asked what the biggest challenge of 2023 will be: ‘The need to reduce energy consumption and focus on developing photonic
technologies that are energy-efficient.’ He believes the introduction of high- speed optical links for terrestrial/space communications and sensor applications will be the most significant developments over the next 12 months. He also highlights work being done by Colm Browning and Xing Ouyang into how photonics technologies can enable 6G communications systems. Barry plans to attend OFC and ECOC.
Education: BSc in Laser Physics and Optoelectronics, University of Strathclyde
a variety of start-up, spin-out and established companies. Working primarily in the medical device industry, from heart valves to medical lasers, he has also had experience in developing products for telecommunications and defence industry customers. Andrews is a chartered engineer, Fellow
of the Institute of Physics, and a non- executive director of Technology Scotland and Photonics Leadership, as well as sitting on other advisory boards, including Photonics Scotland and the Royal Society SIT Committee.
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