Dr. Michael Ventura
Postdoctoral
- Areas:
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Centre for Micro-Photonics
Physics - Office:
- EN126
- Phone:
- +61 3 9214 5181
- Fax:
- +61 3 9214 5435
- E-Mail:
- mventura@swin.edu.au
- Campus:
- Hawthorn
Swinburne University of Technology
PO Box 218
Hawthorn, Victoria, 3122
Australia
Educational Background
- Bachelor of Electrical/Electronic Engineering (Second Class Honours), Swinburne University of Technology, 2001
- Bachelor of Science (Honours) (Optronics and Lasers), Swinburne University of Technology, 2002
PhD Thesis
Fabrication and characterisation of three-dimensional passive and active photonic crystals
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Media
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Computing Sees the Light
When the (micro) chips are down, researchers turn to three dimensional photonic crystals to improve the speed and capacity of the next generation of integrated circuits.
Current Research Projects
Novel techniques and materials towards the fabrication of functional photonic crystal devices
Membership of Professional Organisations
- Australian Optical Society (AOS)
- Optical Society of America (OSA)
Latest Publications
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Fabrication of three-dimensional photonic crystals in quantum-dot-based materials
Min Gu, Baohua Jia, Jiafang Li and Michael James Ventura
Laser Photonics Rev. 2009 IN PRESS; doi: 10.1002/lpor.200910008
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Observation of multiple higher-order stopgaps from three-dimensional chalcogenide glass photonic crystals
Elisa Nicoletti, Guangyong Zhou, Baohua Jia, Michael James Ventura, Douglas Bulla, Barry Luther-Davies and Min Gu
Opt. Lett. 33 (20), 2311-2313 (2008); doi: 10.1364/OL.33.002311
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Polarization control of defect modes in three-dimensional woodpile photonic crystals
Michael James Ventura and Min Gu
Opt. Express 16 (12), 9112-9117 (2008); doi: 10.1364/OE.16.009112
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Engineering Spontaneous Emission in a Quantum-Dot-Doped Polymer Nanocomposite with Three-Dimensional Photonic Crystals
Michael James Ventura and Min Gu
Adv. Mater. 20 (7), 1329-1332 (2008); doi: 0.1002/adma.200701703
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Direct laser writing of three-dimensional photonic crystal lattices within a PbS quantum-dot-doped polymer material
Michael James Ventura, Craig Bullen and Min Gu
Opt. Express 15 (4), 1817-1822 (2007); doi: 10.1364/OE.15.001817
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Photonic bandgap properties of void-based body-centered-cubic photonic crystals in polymer
Guangyong Zhou, Michael James Ventura, Min Gu, Aaron Matthews and Yuri Kivshar
Opt. Express 13 (12), 4390-4395 (2005); doi: 10.1364/OPEX.13.004390
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Planar cavity modes in void channel polymer photonic crystals
Michael James Ventura, Martin Straub and Min Gu
Opt. Express 13 (7), 2767-2773 (2005); doi: 10.1364/OPEX.13.002767
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Fabrication and characterization of face-centered-cubic void dots photonic crystals in a solid polymer material
Guangyong Zhou, Michael James Ventura, Michael Ross Vanner and Min Gu
Appl. Phys. Lett. 86 (1), 011108 (2005); doi: 10.1063/1.1844039
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Use of ultrafast-laser-driven microexplosion for fabricating three-dimensional void-based diamond-lattice photonic crystals in a solid polymer material
Guangyong Zhou, Michael James Ventura, Michael Ross Vanner and Min Gu
Opt. Lett. 29 (19), 2240-2242 (2004); doi: 10.1364/OL.29.002240
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In-plane and out-of-plane band-gap properties of a two-dimensional triangular polymer-based void channel photonic crystal
Guangyong Zhou, Michael James Ventura, Martin Straub, Min Gu, Atsushi Ono, Satoshi Kawata, Xuehua Wang and Yuri Kivshar
Appl. Phys. Lett. 84 (22), 4415-4417 (2004); doi: 10.1063/1.1758298
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