▁Category : S cience ▁fant asy ▁Category : F ant asy ▁books ▁by ▁series ▁Category : Nov el ▁series ▁Category : Liter ary ▁tr ilog ies ▁Category : S cience ▁fiction ▁novel ▁tr ilog ies <0x0A> </s> ▁Sir ▁David ▁Neil ▁Pay ne ▁C BE ▁F RS ▁F RE ng ▁( born ▁ 1 3 ▁August ▁ 1 9 4 4 ) ▁is ▁a ▁British ▁professor ▁of ▁phot on ics ▁who ▁is ▁director ▁of ▁the ▁Opt oe lect ron ics ▁Research ▁Centre ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁South am pton . ▁He ▁has ▁made ▁several ▁contributions ▁in ▁areas ▁of ▁optical ▁fib re ▁communic ations ▁over ▁the ▁last ▁fifty ▁years ▁and ▁his ▁work ▁has ▁affected ▁tele communic ations ▁and ▁las er ▁technology . ▁Pay ne ’ s ▁work ▁sp ans ▁diverse ▁areas ▁of ▁phot on ics , ▁from ▁tele communic ations ▁and ▁optical ▁sens ors ▁to ▁nan oph ot on ics ▁and ▁optical ▁materials , ▁including ▁the ▁introduction ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁optical ▁fib re ▁drawing ▁tower ▁in ▁a ▁university . ▁ ▁Career ▁Pay ne ’ s ▁work ▁in ▁fib re ▁fabric ation ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁resulted ▁in ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁special ▁fib res ▁used ▁today . ▁He ▁led ▁the ▁team ▁at ▁South am pton ▁that ▁invent ed ▁the ▁er b ium - d oped ▁fib re ▁ampl ifier , ▁a ▁type ▁of ▁optical ▁ampl ifier , ▁The ▁idea ▁was ▁adopted ▁at ▁Bell ▁Labor ator ies ▁in ▁New ▁Jersey , ▁USA ▁ ▁and ▁the ▁two ▁teams ▁between ▁them ▁developed ▁much ▁of ▁the