RANDFIELDS

Random fibre lasers for telecommunications and distributed sensing

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'The proposed 4-year program of knowledge transfer and networking between 3 EU and 3 Russian partners with the world leading expertise targets an emerging area of ultra-long fibre lasers and random fibre lasers and their telecommunication and sensing applications. The goal of the proposed research is to establish an efficient and stable knowledge transfer mechanisms to improve project partners possibilities in designing, development and applications of new laser sources for advanced emerging applications in high-speed optical communication and distributed fibre-optic sensing. Training, knowledge transfer and exchange of skills in laser science, communications, sensing, laser systems and nonlinear science are important to provide EU teams with a cutting edge expertise that will allow project partners to ensure world leading positions. The proposed 33 consortium brings together world known groups with very complimentary expertise, techniques and skills directly relevant to the project goals. The objective of the proposed joint exchange programme is to establish long-term stable research cooperation between the partners with broad combined expertise and knowledge. The project objectives and challenges present a balanced mix between industrial application focused knowledge transfer and development and more far-looking studies for potentially ground-breaking applications of random fibre lasers for sensing and telecommunication applications.'

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An EU-funded project aims to cement ties of long-term collaboration in laser research between Europe and Russia.

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Training and knowledge transfer in laser science, non-linear photonics, secure communications and sensing are important to provide EU with cutting-edge expertise and assure a world-leading position. The EU-funded project 'Random fibre lasers for telecommunications and distributed sensing' (RANDFIELDS) brings together renowned groups, from three European countries and Russia, with considerable expertise and powerful techniques in these fields.

RANDFIELDS aims to establish efficient and stable knowledge transfer mechanisms to improve development of new laser sources. Such light-generation devices include ultra-long and random fibre lasers for advanced emerging applications in high-speed optical communications and distributed fibre-optic sensing.

Project members have already demonstrated random distributed feedback Raman fibre lasers operating at different regimes such as tuneable, narrow-band, multi-wavelength and pulsed. Implementation of new numerical models has helped describe different types of fibre lasers. Except for the Raman one, the project team has developed the theoretical background for the random Brillouin fibre laser. In addition, it investigated the dynamical wave kinetics of laser systems.

Advanced knowledge transfer has taken place during summer and winter schools as well as through a workshop. The project has already led to better collaboration between EU and Russian groups, with many visits of bright young Russian scientists to EU institutions.