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CAOUS researchers win LIEF grant to develop ultrafast microscopy facility
November 2013
Dr Jeff Davis and A/Prof. Paul Stoddart (CAOUS) together with Prof. Saulius Juodkazis (Centre for Microphotonics) lead a multi-university team of scientists that has won a $300,000 ARC LIEF grant to develop a new facility that will allow ulrafast spectroscopy to be done with microscopic resolution. The facailty will be housed in the SOLL labs at Swinburne.
Project details:
LE140100162 Davis, Dr Jeffrey A; Juodkazis, Prof Saulius; Stoddart, A/Prof Paul R; Curmi, Prof Paul M; Smith, A/Prof Trevor A; McNeill, Dr Christopher R; Scanlon, A/Prof Martin J; Friend, Prof James R
Partner Organisations:
Monash University, RMIT University, The University of New South Wales, The University of Melbourne
Project Summary
Ultrafast science facility: manipulating and probing matter on femtosecond timescales with microscopic resolution: Knowledge of dynamics that occur on femtosecond timescales is essential for a detailed understanding of many important processes in physics, chemistry and biology. This facility will enable unprecedented insight into the mechanisms driving such processes through complementary capabilities to manipulate and probe matter on femtosecond time scales at microscopic resolution. Such processes include photosynthetic energy transfer, efficient operation of organic electronics, redox reactions in biological systems and the manipulation of material properties by intense femtosecond-laser pulses. The unique capabilities of this facility will also allow the development of novel device structures and the limits of the characterisation techniques to be pushed.
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