报告人简介：
David N. Payne教授，爵士，英国南安普顿大学光电子研究中心主任，是国际公认的光子学领域研究先驱，具有40余年的丰富研究经历。Payne教授的工作涵盖了光子学的很多领域，包括通信、光学传感、纳米光子学和光学材料等等。在同行看来，他在几乎所有光纤技术中都做出关键性的贡献，直接影响了世界光通信技术研发和普及。2013年因其在光子学领域的卓越贡献，名列英国女王新年嘉奖名单中，获得了骑士爵位。他还是英国皇家科学院院士、英国皇家工程院院士、俄罗斯科学院院士、挪威科学院院士、马可尼基金会主席和国际物理光学学会IET、IOP和OSA会士。

Biography:
Professor Sir David N. Payne, director of the Optoelectronics Research Centre at the University of Southampton, is an internationally recognized pioneer in the field of photonics research with 40 years of research experience. Prof. Payne’s work spans diverse areas of photonics, from telecommunications and optical sensors to nanophotonics and optical materials. In peer’s opinion, he makes crucial contributions in almost all optical fiber technology, which makes a direct impact on the world’s development and popularity of optical communication technology. Prof. Payne was knighted in the 2013 New Year Honors for services to photonics research and applications. He is a fellow of Royal Society, Royal Academy of Engineering, Russian Academy of Sciences and Norwegian Academy of Science, and he is the Chairman of the Marconi Society, and a fellow of International Physics Optical Society IET, IOP and OSA.

报告摘要：
Payne教授和他的研究团队致力于激光和光纤的研发，他们的发明使互联网的快速发展和广泛普及成为可能。与他面对面，你会发现，如果没有他和他的团队这样的研究人员，你的生活将会有多么的不同。他帮助我们见证了这个时代最伟大的技术挑战。

Abstract:
The creator of the technology that underpins the internet: there is little worth knowing about lasers and optical fibre technology and that David does not know. Meet him and find out how your life would be very different indeed without engineers and researchers like David and his team, who help us to meet today’s greatest technology challenges.