Staff Lead researchers Professor Francesco Poletti Professor Research interests Hollow Core Optical Fibres: design and fabrication Optical Communications: high capacity and low latency Novel active and passive optical fibres Connect with Francesco Email: frap@orc.soton.ac.uk Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups Hollow Core Fibre We are world-leaders in Hollow Core Optical Fibre research. Our ground-breaking fibres guide light at vacuum speeds and unprecedented intensities, enabling advances in telecoms, manufacturing, and sensing. Research outputs Bo Shi, Irene Barbeito Edreira, Meng Ding, Zitong Feng, Win Indra, Francesco Poletti, Giuseppe Marra & Radan SlavÃk, 2025, Laser & Photonics Reviews DOI: Type: article