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Welcome
— Fáilte
 The
Photonic Systems Group
is part of the
Tyndall National Institute,
and is affiliated with the
Department of Physics
at
University College Cork.
The group was created in 2003 under the leadership of Professor
David Cotter, with
Science Foundation Ireland
support to investigate advanced photonic systems in
collaboration with other research groups and industry. The core
team, now lead by Professor Paul Townsend, Dr Andrew Ellis and Dr Bob Manning,
was previously based in industry (at the
former Corning Research Centre and British Telecom Research Labs
in the UK), with many years of experience in photonic systems
R&D.
NEWS
• "The Big Squeeze"
— Tyndall work featured in
IET Engineering & Technology article.
•
Sunday Business Post
—
UCC's Tyndall turns to BT for
real-word research.
• Applications invited for
Application Engineer
position and other
Postdoctoral
positions.
 Members
of the Photonic Systems Group
outside Tyndall National Institute (May 2009). (Left to right:
Selwan Ibrahim, Stelios Sygletos, Bob Manning, Ruwan
Weerasuriya, Monika Rutowska, Vivian Besslar, Mary McCarthy,
Kate McSweeney, Jian Zhao, Fatima Gunning, Jiadi Lu, Paola
Frascella, Iris Choi, Rod Webb, Paul Townsend, Cleitus Antony,
Alan Naughton, Mary O'Sullivan, Peter Ossieur, James Dailey,
David Cotter.)
 Making
light work for Ireland: Photonics systems research at Tyndall
Ireland is well-positioned internationally in the
field of photonics. A new dedicated research centre opened at
the Tyndall Institute in Cork. Leslie Faughnan finds out ... <full
text>
Technology Ireland Journal © Enterprise Ireland
(2006)
 Doctoral
alumni of the Photonic Systems Group
Recent
doctoral graduates of the Photonic Systems Group at their new home
with Intune Networks in Dublin (from left to right: Dr Emilio Bravi,
Dr Tadhg Healy and Dr Robin Giller). Intune Networks, founded in
1999, specialises in optical switching products for the
telecommunications industry.
"Intune Networks currently has 90
researchers developing products for telecommunications. Over 50% of
these researchers have masters or PhD qualifications, and we are
constantly seeking highly trained and skilled people to join the R&D
team. The development of Tyndall National Institute over the past 5
years has resulted in the availability of these people to companies
like Intune, and we have hired 5 PhD graduates directly out of their
programmes at Tyndall. These graduates have a deep understanding and
knowledge of optical components and optical networks, and have
already contributed to the design and development of our new
telecoms system called Optical Packet Switch and Transport (OPTS).
Some of their work has resulted in new Intellectual Property adding
great value to the company in the form of patents and knowhow. We
are excited about the possibility of having such high quality
graduates regularly available over the coming few years as we intend
to grow our team by at least a further 50% in the near future." John
Dunne (Co-Founder, Intune Networks).
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