Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE120102069
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$375,000.00
Summary
Optical solitons on a photonic chip: unprecedented light control at the nanoscale. Solitons, waves that maintain their shape as they travel, exist in systems as diverse as water waves, molecular biology, and optics. This project explores previously unobservable light propagation regimes in two-dimensional periodic media, photonic crystals. These studies provide unprecedented control of light-matter interaction at the nanoscale.
Chemical mapping of materials at the atomic scale. This project will develop a method for measuring the chemical composition of technologically important nanomaterials. This capability will provide Australian scientists with an advanced method for the characterisation of materials and will help them to develop new and better materials for future applications.