Richard Pitwon
Resolute Photonics, European Commission, University of St Andrews
Research areas: Engineering · Electrical and Electronic Engineering · Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices · Photonic and Optical Devices · Optical Network Technologies
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About
Dr Richard Pitwon is a director, scientist, engineer and consultant with more than 24 years transformational expertise in optical and photonic system interconnect, integration and architectures for hyperscale data centre, HPC, 5G and IoT data-communications applications with extensive experience in managing international, multi-million-dollar collaborative research and development programmes. In 2018 he founded Resolute Photonics Ltd, which provides design and consultancy services on optical, photonic and quantum interconnect for data centres, 6G and IoT.
Richard holds 55 patents in diverse fields including optical and photonic interconnect technologies, photonic integrated circuits, optical transceivers, electro-optic circuit boards, glass and polymer waveguides, optical assembly, board and chip-level optical connectors, system enclosure cooling management and hyperscale data centre and High Performance Computer photonic architectures. He has authored over 60 peer-reviewed publications including 5 international standards and given over 100 public talks.
He is the current chair of the IEC international standards subcommittee on fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components (IEC SC86B), chair of the BSI GEL86 and BSI GEL86/2 committees and principal UK standards expert (BSI) for optical interconnect, optical circuit boards, photonic integrated circuits and electronic assembly.
He is a Chartered Engineer (CEng), Fellow of the IET (FIET), Fellow of the Institute of Physics (FInstP), Senior Member of the IEEE (SIEEE), Senior Member of SPIE and Senior Member of Optica (formerly OSA)
He is also the chair of IEEE UK and Ireland Photonics chapter and the founder and chair of the IEEE UK and Ireland Quantum Group.
He is also a key contributor to UK and EU government strategy on optical, photonic and quantum technologies through his membership of the Photonics 21 Board of Stakeholders, ETP4HPC Steering Board, UK Photonics Leadership Group and other organisations.
He is a member of iNEMI and current chair of the Technology Integration Group on optical projects where he is the project manager for the "Optical Interconnect in Immersion Cooled Environments" project.
He is the founder of the British and Irish Conference on Optics and Photonics (BICOP) and general chair of BICOP 2018, BICOP 2019, BICOP 2023 and BICOP 2024. He is also a chair of the Symposium for Optical Interconnect in Data Centres (now in its 10th year), always co-located with the ECOC conference.
Employment
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Resolute Photonics CEO2018 - Present
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University of Saint Andrews Senior Research Fellow2018 - 2019
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European Commission Independent expert reviewer and evaluator2010 - Present
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Seagate Photonics Research and Development Manager2002 - 2018
Education
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Publications (65)
- Achieving high reliability in silicon photonics optical transceivers for harsh environments over 100°C in excess of 10 year operation Save
- Solder Reflow Resistant Thermoplastic for Optical Coupling Save
- Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording - Ultra-dense Laser and Plasmonic Component Integration to Increase Storage Density on Magnetic Media Save
- Quantum Co-packaged Optical Assembly Save
- Photonic building blocks for board-level disaggregation in hyperscale systems Save
- Development of dynamic data centre networks and fast-tunable lasers in the DYNAMOS project Save
- Photonic building blocks for architectural reconfigurability in hyperscale data centres Save
- Photonic crystal enhanced Germanium photodetector on a CMOS compatible SOI platform Save
- Advanced photonic integrated circuit building blocks for reconfigurability in hyperscale data centres - INVITED Save
- Characterization of Quantum Grade Interconnects Save
- Towards European standards for quantum technologies Save
- International standards to enable the exploitation of emerging integrated photonic technologies for future hyperscale data centres Save
- Advancement in optical interconnect technology for high speed data transmission Save
- Evolution of System Embedded Optical Interconnect in Sub-Top-of-Rack Data Center Systems Save
- Silicon photonics transceiver evaluation for immersion cooled data center and HPC environments Save
- Optical Interconnect Ecosystems and Challenges in Co-Packaged Optics Save
- Silicon Photonic Micro-Transceivers for Beyond 5G Environments Save
- The evolution of optical interconnect technology: from long-haul telecommunication to quantum networks Save
- Quantum Fiber Optic Interconnect for Quantum Networks Save
- Metrology and Standardization of High Speed Pluggable Optical Interconnects Save