Radio and Optical Communication Lab Overview

The Optical Communications Lab in Dublin City University was established in 1998. Upon the formation of the Rince Institute in 1999, the Optical Communications Lab and the Radio Lab merged to form the Radio and Optical Communications Group. This group now forms one of the main research laboratories within the Rince Institute.

The main goal of the Radio and Optical Communications Group is to focus on the design, simulation and demonstration of new technolgies for future broadband photonic communication systems.

Latest News

Posted by Colm on April 2012.

News Congratulations to Dr. Kai Shi for successfully defending his Ph.D thesis entitled 'Investigation of Wavelength Tunable Lasers for use in Coherent Optical Communication Systems'.

Posted by Colm on March 2012.

News Congratulations to Doctors Daniele Tafani, Elif Degirmenci and Kevin Carney on the successful defence of their Ph.D theses!

Posted by Colm on October 2011.

News At this year's Photonics Ireland conference held in The Grand Hotel, Malahide, Dublin, tribute was paid to Professor Chris Dainty of the National University of Ireland, Galway for his contribution to applied optics both in Ireland and abroad. The tribute, which contains contributions from Brian MacCraith (President, DCU), Aisling McEvoy (Scientific Programme Manager, Science Foundation Ireland), Elizabeth Rogan (CEO, Optical Society of America) and Eugene Arthurs (CEO, Society of Photographic Instrumentation Engineers) can be viewed below.

Photonics Ireland 2011 from DCU Radio and Optics on Vimeo.

Posted by Colm on June 2011.

News Radio and Optical Communications lab spin out company Pilot Photonics showcase their optical comb source at OFC 2011!

Older News

Posted by Colm on June 2011.

News Prof. Lim Nguyen from the Department of Computer and Electronics Engineering at University of Nebraska-Lincoln has joined the lab for a five month period.

Posted by Colm on June 2011.

News Congratulations to Dr. Sylwester Latkowski, Dr. Haymen Shams and Dr. Barry Cardiff on the successful defence of their Ph.D. theses.

Posted by Karl on November 2009.

News The Radio and Optical Communications Lab took part in the Rince day for staff and students of the Rince Institute on Thursday 1st October 2009 in the Dunboyne Castle Hotel. Photos from Rince Day can be found here.

Rince Day 2009

Posted by Karl on Febuary 2009.

News Congratulations to Dr. Robert Maher, Dr. Frank Smyth and Dr. Krzysztof Bondarczuk on the successful defence of their Ph.D. theses.