Welcome to NDFF

The National Dark Fibre Facility (NDFF) is an Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) National Research Facility, established in 2014 (as NDFIS) to enable researchers to develop the underpinning communications technologies for the future internet.

A dedicated fibre network (Layer 1 and above) will be provided by NDFF, linking five universities sites (UCL, Bristol, Cambridge, Southampton and Surrey) and NPL, with onward connection to European and Worldwide research networks via telecommunications facilities in London.

As well as supporting research on the future core optical network, NDFF will also enable research with converging networks and internet applications. In this web site, we are delighted to provide a description of our facility, research highlights and how to access the facility.

"NDFF will enable UK researchers to remain at the forefront of technology research for the future internet. UK Photonics and UK electronics are large industries with annual revenues of £10 billion and £29 billion respectively. We will be working with leading UK companies to transfer technologies developed with the aid of NDFF into new products and services. The benefits to the UK economy will be correspondingly large."

Professor Alwyn Seeds, NDFF Director