Multiplexed wavelength to time conversion using a multicore fibre

Cryptosporidium is a waterborne pathogen that affects over 60,000 people per year in the UK alone. Traditional detection techniques are expensive, time consuming and provide little information. In this talk I will present the necessary steps towards the development of a novel optical instrument for multiplexed wavelength to time conversion to detect the cryptosporidium rapidly and with information about the species. The instrument consists of a 290m long multicore fibre with 121 single-mode cores, which are imaged onto 121 pixels of a single-photon sensitive detector array. For the presented instrument the resolution is comparable to commercially available spectrometers.