Interferometric Distributed Feedback Fibre Laser Sensors. This project will solve important problems in realising next generation underwater optical fibre sensor systems for defence and marine exploration. OFTC's expertise in specialty optical fibre and devices will be combined with Thales' expertise in underwater sensor systems to give Australia a global lead. The benefits are commercial, national security and research standing. Domestic manufacture of a major optical system will assist maturat ....Interferometric Distributed Feedback Fibre Laser Sensors. This project will solve important problems in realising next generation underwater optical fibre sensor systems for defence and marine exploration. OFTC's expertise in specialty optical fibre and devices will be combined with Thales' expertise in underwater sensor systems to give Australia a global lead. The benefits are commercial, national security and research standing. Domestic manufacture of a major optical system will assist maturation of the sector which is dominated by component companies. This system for underwater surveillance is obviously important to a country with a large coastline to defend. This project will build Australia's global reputation renowned for research excellence in fibre and fibre devices.Read moreRead less
Multi-resolution phase measuring profilometry for dynamic 3D digital imaging. Fast 3-D sensing is a key technology in many industrial application areas such as manufacturing, medical instrumentation, security systems and multimedia entertainment systems. The proposed project aims to develop a superior solution when compared to existing methods. Successful completion of this project will place Australia at the forefront in terms of this enabling technology as well establishing cutting edge exper ....Multi-resolution phase measuring profilometry for dynamic 3D digital imaging. Fast 3-D sensing is a key technology in many industrial application areas such as manufacturing, medical instrumentation, security systems and multimedia entertainment systems. The proposed project aims to develop a superior solution when compared to existing methods. Successful completion of this project will place Australia at the forefront in terms of this enabling technology as well establishing cutting edge expertise. This will potentially lead to significant commercial opportunities that can easily translate into new employment/manufacturing opportunities.Read moreRead less
Australian Laureate Fellowships - Grant ID: FL160100032
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$2,527,475.00
Summary
Ultralow latency wireless systems. Ultralow latency wireless systems. This project aims to develop theories and practical methods to design wireless communication systems for future generations of internet services. Emerging smart environments and infrastructure could solve major problems facing the world today, by saving energy, reducing pollution, improving health and increasing road safety. However, scientists to date do not know how to build wireless networks with almost zero latency and ult ....Ultralow latency wireless systems. Ultralow latency wireless systems. This project aims to develop theories and practical methods to design wireless communication systems for future generations of internet services. Emerging smart environments and infrastructure could solve major problems facing the world today, by saving energy, reducing pollution, improving health and increasing road safety. However, scientists to date do not know how to build wireless networks with almost zero latency and ultrahigh reliability, needed for machine-to-machine communications. An expected outcome of this project is new criteria and methodologies to design such wireless systems, which would affect future wireless systems and grids.Read moreRead less
Advanced Laser, Sensor and Diagnostic Technologies Using New Generation Micro- and Nano- Structured Fibres and Gratings. The project aims to provide the next generation of laser and sensor technologies, benefiting not only advanced instrument industries but also others involved with materials processing, sensing diagnostics, biomedicine and defence. The search for a universal model of light interactions with all photosensitive materials, coupled with a demonstration of nanotechnology within a fi ....Advanced Laser, Sensor and Diagnostic Technologies Using New Generation Micro- and Nano- Structured Fibres and Gratings. The project aims to provide the next generation of laser and sensor technologies, benefiting not only advanced instrument industries but also others involved with materials processing, sensing diagnostics, biomedicine and defence. The search for a universal model of light interactions with all photosensitive materials, coupled with a demonstration of nanotechnology within a fibre, will lead to new gratings and fibres that underpin these technologies as well as open up new techniques and processes such as practical radiation hardening of optical waveguides.Read moreRead less
Laboratory in a Fibre: diagnostic, sensing and telecommunications technologies. The lab-in-a-fibre aims to provide the next generation of diagnostic, sensing and telecommunications technologies. Mass production of km long optical fibre platforms for the lab-in-a-fibre offers cost competitive alternative to lab-on-a-chip technologies in applications where several diagnostic, sensing processes or component technologies are required. It will benefit not only advanced instrument industries but also ....Laboratory in a Fibre: diagnostic, sensing and telecommunications technologies. The lab-in-a-fibre aims to provide the next generation of diagnostic, sensing and telecommunications technologies. Mass production of km long optical fibre platforms for the lab-in-a-fibre offers cost competitive alternative to lab-on-a-chip technologies in applications where several diagnostic, sensing processes or component technologies are required. It will benefit not only advanced instrument industries but also others involved with materials processing, sensing diagnostics, biomedicine and defence. The overall integration within the program will provide the mechanism to create new, highly skilled Australian industries.Read moreRead less
Microfibre photonics: function densification on a wavelength scale. The project will contribute to Australia's nanoscale device research and nanomanufacturing development. The project will create microfibre fabrication technologies for the creation of new optical systems of miniature proportions that will be used for cell illumination, for the creation of sensors for detection in small environments and as light tools for fundamental experiments in physics. Specialist fabrication methods will be ....Microfibre photonics: function densification on a wavelength scale. The project will contribute to Australia's nanoscale device research and nanomanufacturing development. The project will create microfibre fabrication technologies for the creation of new optical systems of miniature proportions that will be used for cell illumination, for the creation of sensors for detection in small environments and as light tools for fundamental experiments in physics. Specialist fabrication methods will be developed that will add to the nation's skill base. The outcomes of the project will enhance Australia's knowledge capacity, research capability and will contribute significantly to each of the National Research Priorities.Read moreRead less
Complex Dopant Diffusivity in Photonic Crystal Fibres and Applications. The outcomes of this research in the area of doped photonic crystal fibres will enable Australia to commercialise the technology and provide an opportunity for leading commercial ventures using novel doped PCF. These opportunities will eventually become large-scale industrial activities developed from the research in fields such as sensing, biophotonics, medical and defence and will result in significant economic benefit for ....Complex Dopant Diffusivity in Photonic Crystal Fibres and Applications. The outcomes of this research in the area of doped photonic crystal fibres will enable Australia to commercialise the technology and provide an opportunity for leading commercial ventures using novel doped PCF. These opportunities will eventually become large-scale industrial activities developed from the research in fields such as sensing, biophotonics, medical and defence and will result in significant economic benefit for Australia. Fundamental research outcomes in glass and dopants that can boost devices and introduce novel devices resulting from this project will contribute to all National Research Priorities.Read moreRead less
Microfluidic photonic systems. Australia is set to reap commercial benefits nationally and internationally from new developments in the highly competitive domain of microtechnology. In this project, a group of Australia's leading researchers propose an innovative combination of two exciting fields of scientific research. Microfluidics is the manipulation of minute quantities of liquids in microscopic channels, while photonics is the generation, transmission, detection and analysis of light as a ....Microfluidic photonic systems. Australia is set to reap commercial benefits nationally and internationally from new developments in the highly competitive domain of microtechnology. In this project, a group of Australia's leading researchers propose an innovative combination of two exciting fields of scientific research. Microfluidics is the manipulation of minute quantities of liquids in microscopic channels, while photonics is the generation, transmission, detection and analysis of light as a means to convey, collect and process information. The marriage of these two fields promises the development of novel, high performance tunable devices for sensing, biotechnology and telecommunications.Read moreRead less
Semiconductor Photonic Crystal Devices. Photonic crystals will be a key element of future all-optical ultra-highspeed photonic integrated circuits for telecommunications and signal processing. This project will pioneer new structures capable of manipulating light on integrated photonic chips, based on nano-scale features in semiconductors. This will have a significant impact on Australia's photonics industry.
The photonic immunochip: retrieving individual Enzyme-linked Immuno Sorbent Assay (ELISA) array-units using optical waveguide multicolour fluorescence. Improving the sensitivity and availability of in-vitro immuno-diagnostic tests is a critical goal towards developing real time efficient tools for the detection of infectious diseases, cancers, allergies and auto-immune diseases. The goal is to increase the sensitivity of these tests by reducing background noise that has been a feature of the com ....The photonic immunochip: retrieving individual Enzyme-linked Immuno Sorbent Assay (ELISA) array-units using optical waveguide multicolour fluorescence. Improving the sensitivity and availability of in-vitro immuno-diagnostic tests is a critical goal towards developing real time efficient tools for the detection of infectious diseases, cancers, allergies and auto-immune diseases. The goal is to increase the sensitivity of these tests by reducing background noise that has been a feature of the commonly used ELISA technology. This will be achieved by developing a novel optical integrated waveguide array supporting a large range of distributed tests, including several based on a novel multi-colour detection scheme. This massively parallel approach will underpin a new generation of low-cost, efficient diagnostic tests.Read moreRead less