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TRANSNET is a £6 million Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) funded research programme, aiming to to transform the next-generation digital communications infrastructure.

6 Vessels of Light Art Display
The "6 Vessels of Light" is an art display inspired by the work of the Optical Networks Group.
Highlighted Papers
Topology Bench: systematic graph-based benchmarking for core optical networks
Journal of Optical Communications and Networking
Reinforcement learning for dynamic resource allocation in optical networks: hype or hope?
Journal of Optical Communications and Networking
Transmission Over Field-Deployed Standard Single-Mode Fibre Using >100 nm S+C+L-Band
Journal of Lightwave Technology
Optical Networks News

Celebrating 30 years of innovation: the UCL Optical Networks Group
The Optical Networks Group (ONG) is marking its 30th anniversary this year. Founded by Prof Polina Bayvel, this world-leading research group continues to drive advances in optical communications and networks, both through academic research and industry innovation.
19 Dec 2024

Professor Robert Killey elected Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
Professor Robert Killey, Professor of Optical Communications at the Optical Networks Group in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering has been elected as Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.
20 Sep 2023

ONG led research collaboration on hollow-core fibre published in Optics Express
Multi-institutional research collaboration led by Optical Networks Group (ONG) at the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering pioneers novel technology to advance optically switched data center interconnects.
26 Jul 2023
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