About
Dr Yongmin Jung is a Principal Research Fellow at the ORC and has over 20 years of experience in the field of specialty optical fibres and optical amplifiers. Currently he leads the ORC research on Multicore (and Multimode) fibre technology, in which he has achieved several world-first results including: i) the world’s first multimode erbium-doped fibre amplifier, ii) setting the GUINNESS world record on multimode fibre transmission, iii) winning the EU HORIZON PRIZE for breaking the optical transmission barrier and iv) commercialization of multimode/multicore fibre amplifier technology. As a result of the cutting-edge nature of his research, he has published 3 book chapters, 6 patents and more than 430 scientific papers and has a current H-index of 53. He was one of the originators of the hugely successful EU FP7 MODE-GAP project and EU Horizon2020 SAFARI project.
Research
Research groups
Research interests
- Specialty opitcal fibre (multicore/multimode/hollow-core) technology
- Laser beam shaping and control
- Ultrastable lasers for quantum optics
- Fibre components and interconnections
- Wideband fibre amplifiers for telecoms
Current research
My research focuses on advancing next-generation optical fibre and laser technologies, spanning both fundamental science and practical applications. Key areas include:
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Multicore fibre components and amplifiers to boost data capacity and enable scalable space-division multiplexing.
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Laser beam shaping, polarization control, and advanced beam manipulation for high-precision material processing.
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Ultrastable laser systems designed for quantum optics and quantum information technologies.
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Hollow-core fibre components and interconnection technologies for low-loss, broadband transmission and integration.
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Wideband optical fibre amplifiers to support future high-capacity telecommunications networks.
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Power-over-fibre technologies for simultaneous delivery of energy and data in challenging environments.
Research projects
Active projects
Completed projects
Publications
Teaching
Delivering MSc teaching course (OPTO06010, Advanced Telecoms) on the topic of fibre components and optical amplifiers.
External roles and responsibilities
Biography
Dr Yongmin Jung joined Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC), University of 天发娱乐棋牌_天发娱乐APP-官网|下载 in U.K. in 2008 and is currently a Principal Research Fellow (2018~). He received the B.S. degree in Physics in 2003 from Chung-Ang University (top honor at graduation), Korea and the M.S. and Ph. D degree in engineering of information and communications from Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Korea, in 2004 and 2008, respectively.
His main research interests are the “Multimode (or multicore) fibre amplifiers and space division multiplexing (SDM) technology for high capacity transmission”. Recently he has established the main key technologies for SDM and has presented several WORLD FIRST EXPERIMENTAL DEMONSTRATIONS including: i) the world’s first multimode erbium-doped fibre amplifier, ii) setting the GUINNESS world record on SDM transmission, iii) winning the EU HORIZON PRIZE for breaking the optical transmission barrier and iv) commercialization of SDM amplifier technology.
His recent book chapters
- "Optical Fiber Telecommunications VII" published in Elsevier (2019)
- "Optical Communicatin Systems: Limits and Possibilities" published in Jenny Stanford Publishing (2019)
- "Handbook of Optical Fibers" published in Springer (2018)
Prizes
- EU “Breaking the Optical Communications Barrier” HORIZON PRIZE (2016)
- DEAN’s AWARD (2015)
- GUINNESS WORLD RECORD (2014)
- EU “Breaking the Optical Communications Barrier” HORIZON PRIZE (2016)
- DEAN’s AWARD (2015)
- GUINNESS WORLD RECORD (2014)