Jonathan C. Knight

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Jonathan Cave Knight
Born	17 June 1964 Lusaka
Nationality	United Kingdom
Citizenship	United Kingdom
Alma mater	University of Cape Town
Known for	Photonic-crystal fiber Optical Fibers
Scientific career
Fields	Physics, Photonics
Institutions	University of Bath
Thesis	Whispering gallery mode microlaser in a capillary fibre  (1993)
Doctoral advisor	G N Robertson, H S T Driver

Jonathan C. Knight (born 1964, in Lusaka) is a British physicist. He is the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research) for the University of Bath where he has been Professor in the Department of Physics since 2000. From 2005 to 2008, he was founding Director of the University’s Centre for Photonics and Photonic Materials.

Education

Knight studied at the University of Cape Town where he obtained his B.Sc (Hons), M.Sc. and PhD. His doctoral thesis was on whispering gallery mode microlasers. He did postdoctoral research at the École Normale Supérieure (Paris, 1994-1995) and at the Optoelectronics Research Centre (University of Southampton, 1995-1996).

Research Interests

Knight is interested in the behaviour of light in microstructured materials, and in the physics of optical fibres. Working with Russell and Tim Birks, he designed, fabricated and demonstrated a number of novel forms of optical fibre waveguide with previously unobtainable characteristics. This work has led to a range of outcomes including the commercialisation of a new form of light source (supercontinuum), high power short pulse laser delivery through fibre, and applications in quantum and atomic physics.

Awards and recognition

• Rank Prize Funds Optoelectronics Prize, 2018, "For the invention and realisation of photonic crystal fibres."
• Institute of Physics Optics and Photonics Division Prize, 2012
• Fellow of Optical Society of America, 2011, For pioneering development of the photonic crystal fiber and particularly its application in nonlinear frequency conversion and supercontinuum generation.
• Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship, 2005/2006

Selected publications

• Yu, F.; Wadsworth, W.J.; Knight, J.C. (2012). "Low loss silica hollow-core fibers for 3-4 μm spectral region". Optics Express. 20 (10): 11153–8. doi:10.1364/OE.20.011153. PMID 22565738.

• Stone, J. M.; Knight, J. C. (2008). "Visibly "white" light generation in uniform photonic crystal fiber using a microchip laser". Optics Express. 16 (4): 2670–2675. doi:10.1364/OE.16.002670.

• Knight, J. C. (2003). "Photonic crystal fibres". Nature. 424 (6950): 847–851. doi:10.1038/nature01940. PMID 12917699.

• Knight, J. C.; Russel, P. St. J. (2002). "New ways to guide light". Science. 296 (5566): 276–277. doi:10.1126/science.1070033. PMID 11951025.

• Knight, J. C.; Broeng, J.; Birks, T. A.; Russell, P. St.J. (1998). "Photonic band gap guidance in optical fibers". Science. 282 (5393): 1476–1478. doi:10.1126/science.282.5393.1476.

• Knight, J. C.; Cheung, G.; Jacques, F.; Birks, T. A. (1997). "Phase-matched excitation of whispering-gallery-mode resonances by a fiber taper". Optics Letters. 22 (15): 1129–1131. doi:10.1364/OL.22.001129.

• Knight, J. C.; Birks, T. A.; Russell, P. St. J.; Atkin, D. M. (1996). "All-silica single-mode optical fiber with photonic crystal cladding". Optics Letters. 21 (19): 1547–9. doi:10.1364/OL.21.001547. PMID 19881720.

External links

• Physics at the Univeristy of Bath
• Prof Knight profile at University of Bath.
• Visit to Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics
• Why do we need new types of optical fibres?, in Physics World.
• Professor Jonathan Knight on the Special Topic of Photonic Crystals.