Peter Read

Peter Read is a higher scientist working in the Atomic Clocks and Sensors group within the Time and Frequency Department at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL). He joined NPL in 2022 after completing his PhD at the University of Glasgow working on the design and characterisation of novel semiconductor laser diodes. While at NPL, Peter has continued this work into laser characterisation as part of the holdover atomic clocks team. His particular interests are in laser linewidth measurements as well as characterisation of bespoke and novel laser systems in collaboration with industry partners.

Areas of interest 

• Laser design, manufacture, and characterisation
• Integration of lasers into atomic clock systems
• Comparison of linewidth measurement techniques at different timescales

Key Publications

• 1.55-μm Sidewall Grating DFB Lasers Integrated With a Waveguide Crossing for an Optical Beam Forming Network
  Ye, Shengwei, Xiao Sun, Bocheng Yuan, Peter Read, Pierre Maidment, Yongguang Huang, Ruikang Zhang et al.
  IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 35, no. 14 (2023): 785-788.
   
• Asymmetric Twin-Waveguide 1.55-μm DFB Lasers for an Optical Beam Forming Network
  Ye, Shengwei, Xiao Sun, Peter Read, Anthony Kelly, Lianping Hou, and John H. Marsh. In 2022
  IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC), pp. 1-2. IEEE, 2022.