Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Membership of Professional Bodies
Member of the Institute of Physics.
Chartered Physicist
Member member of the International Society for Optics and Photonic (SPIE)
Employment
2014- Aston Institute for Photonic Technologies
2010-2014 Chief Scientist L-3 TRL, Tewkesbury.
2001-2009 Technical leader, QinetiQ, Malvern
1998-2001 Senior Scientist, DERA, Portsmouth
1994-1998 Post doctroal research fellow, Birmingham University
Research Interests
Laser Detection
Free space optical communications
Optical spectroscopy
Non-Mechanical beam steering
Novel encoding schemes
Biography
I have spent meany years doing research in industry, looking across the gap at academics and now I have joined them. However bad you think things get in academia, at least the hierachies of the organisation understand that research is the bedrock of what universities do. In industry research costs money and you always have to justify what you do to people who have no concept, why you spend money that someone else sees as their profit - even when someone else has funded it. There is a different mindset in industry. What appears to be a small amount of funding to a university, can be a major investment for a small company. The misalignment between academia and industry is something I hope I can start to influence as I think academia to industry relations will become more important (to academia) in the coming years.
Biography
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
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5.07 Tbit/s/λ Mode-Division Multiplexing Free-Space Optical Communication System
Li, Y., Fernandes, G., Benton, D., Billaud, A., Fernandes, M., Patel, M., Guiomar, F. & Ellis, A. D., 17 Mar 2025, European Conference on Optical Communication 2024 (ECOC2024).Research output: Chapter in Book/Published conference output › Conference publication
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Beaconless Auto-Alignment for Single-Wavelength 4.18 Tbit/s Mode-Division Multiplexing Free-Space Optical Communications
Li, Y., Fernandes, G., Benton, D., Billaud, A., Fernandes, M., Patel, M., Guiomar, F. & Ellis, A., Jul 2025, In: Journal of Lightwave Technology. 43, 13, p. 6029-6036 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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System calibration for single-wavelength multi-terabit mode-division multiplexing free-space optical communication systems
Li, Y., Fernandes, G., Benton, D., Billaud, A., Fernandes, M., Patel, M., Guiomar, F. & Ellis, A., 8 Sept 2025, In: Optics Express. 33, 18, p. 38898-38908 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Multi-spectral LIDAR using a 2-dimensional dynamic diffraction grating: how to get nanosecond resolution from a projector and a camera
Benton, D. M., 1 Nov 2024, Proceedings SPIE, Electro-Optical and Infrared Systems: Technology and Applications XXI. Hickman, D. L., Bursing, H., Steinvall, O. & Soan, P. J. (eds.). Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE), Vol. 13200. 10 p. 1320007. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; vol. 13200).Research output: Chapter in Book/Published conference output › Conference publication
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Spatial Mode Division Multiplexing of Free-Space Optical Communications Using a Pair of Multiplane Light Converters and a Micromirror Array for Turbulence Emulation
Benton, D., Li, Y., Billaud, A. & Ellis, A., 6 Mar 2024, In: Photonics. 11, 3, 13 p., 241.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Things to do with micromirror array and a coherent source - From Simple Steering to Multimodal Free Space Optical Communications.
Benton, D. (Speaker)
13 Jun 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Optical Tempest
Benton, D. (Consultant)
1 Mar 2024 → 1 Oct 2024Activity: Consultancy types › Consultancy
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Photonics (Journal)
Benton, D. (Editorial board member)
1 Apr 2023 → 31 Jan 2024Activity: Peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
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Defence Technology (Journal)
Benton, D. (Editorial board member)
2020Activity: Peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review