Research
The new structure of the Centre for Micro-Photonics adopted from October 2003 includes two research programs: Biophotonics and Nanophotonics. The project of the ARC Centre of Excellence – CUDOS is one of the major projects in the nanophotonics program.
Program 1: Biophotonics
Overview:
Biophotonics has become a key foundation in biotechnology industry and will be one of the important disciplines in the new century. The aim of this program is to develop novel optoelectronic imaging methods for biological studies and industrial applications, and to understand mechanisms for light interaction with biological materials. In 2005, t he CMP become an academic partner of the Western Australian Centre of Excellence for Electronic and Mobile Health Care Solutions (E-Med). Other strategic partners include Cooperative Research Centre for Polymers (CRC-P). The Biophotonics Research in the Centre for Micro-Photonics has four aspects – Laser Trapping, Non-linear fibre optic endoscopy, Microfluidics and Cell Biology.
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Program 2: Nanophotonics
Overview:
Nano-photonics is a new area which involves the development of photonic devices
in the submicro- and nano-scales. Two key fields in this program are high-density multi-dimensional optical data storage and fabrication of multi-dimensional
photonic crystals. Photonic crystals: fabrication of new photonic crystals using photo-polymer materials; development of novel lasers and detectors using new
photonic crystals . Since the beginning of 2003, the CMP has been a node of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Ultrahigh-bandwidth Devices
for Optical Systems (CUDOS: www.cudos.org.au). CUDOS, which has five-year ARC funding, includes 12 Chief Investigators from the five participating Universities
(The University of Sydney, the Australian National University , Macquarie University , University of Technology Sydney and Swinburne University of Technology).
Its mission is to demonstrate all-optical processing applications and devices for ultra-high bandwidth optical communications systems. These will derive from
fundamental research in the most exciting and vibrant areas of photonics science—non-linear optical materials, photonic crystals, micro-structured optical fibres and micro-photonics.
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