Our Research...

Research programs

COE funded

• All optical and non-linear signal processing
  Using nonlinear optics to perform all-optical signal processing
• Microstructured and tapered fibre devices
  Microstructured optical fibres exhibt extraordinary guidance properties
• Photonic crystals
  Photonic crystal structures in low (chalcogenide glass & diamond) and high (Si) index materials
• Optical waveguide gratings and slow light
  Interfering light in photosensitive materials to create resonant and slow light structures
• Integrated Nonlinear Quantum Photonics
  Developing a flexible integrated platform for the generation and processing of quantum states through nonlinear optical devices
• Mid-Infrared Photonics
  Developing novel mid-IR sources on a compact chip-scale platform

Other funding

• Optofluidics
  The marriage of two new fields of science: Micro-Photonics + Micro-Fluidics.
• Surface plasmon theory & applications
  Light in systems containing metallic elements can result in surprising effects.
• Supercontinuum generation
  Broadband coherent light is generated by short laser pulses and nonlinear effects in a material.
• Stimulated Brillouin scattering in a photonic chip
  On-chip light-sound interaction for next-generation optical devices