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Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment And Facilities - Grant ID: LE110100060
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$150,000.00
Summary
High pressure facility for optical spectroscopy: investigation of novel superconductors and strongly correlated electron systems. Superconductivity is an effect where the electrical resistance disappears completely at low temperatures. This facility will permit optical spectroscopy under high hydrostatic pressure to reveal important new information leading to a deeper understanding of this effect.
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment And Facilities - Grant ID: LE140100033
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$150,000.00
Summary
Ultrafast time-resolved optical spectroscopy for advanced multifunctional materials. Ultrafast time resolved optical spectroscopy for advanced multifunctional materials: Time resolved spectroscopy is among the hottest emerging fields in condensed matter physics and offers a new perspective into the complex physics of multifunctional materials like multiferroics or unconventional superconductors. At present, the underlying physics of these novel complex materials is not fully understood and new e ....Ultrafast time-resolved optical spectroscopy for advanced multifunctional materials. Ultrafast time resolved optical spectroscopy for advanced multifunctional materials: Time resolved spectroscopy is among the hottest emerging fields in condensed matter physics and offers a new perspective into the complex physics of multifunctional materials like multiferroics or unconventional superconductors. At present, the underlying physics of these novel complex materials is not fully understood and new experimental approaches such as the proposed time-resolved optical spectroscopy are required. The deeper understanding of the involved phenomena would also allow for a systematic search for new, undiscovered multifunctional materials with similar but enhanced properties. This offers a huge potential for future industry in applications such as in novel sensors, information processing, and high efficiency photovoltaics.Read moreRead less
Transition Metal Oxide Interfaces: Novel Emerging Functionalities. The project aims to investigate transition metal oxide heterostructures, which offer tremendous opportunities for fundamental research and future technological applications because they combine quantum size effects with effects of strong electron correlations such as magnetic switching, multiferroic coupling or superconductivity. Recent advances in growth methods such as pulsed laser deposition enable layer-by-layer growth with ....Transition Metal Oxide Interfaces: Novel Emerging Functionalities. The project aims to investigate transition metal oxide heterostructures, which offer tremendous opportunities for fundamental research and future technological applications because they combine quantum size effects with effects of strong electron correlations such as magnetic switching, multiferroic coupling or superconductivity. Recent advances in growth methods such as pulsed laser deposition enable layer-by-layer growth with atomic precision. The aim of this project is to combine complementary experimental methods (ie neutron scattering and optical spectroscopy), in order to gain a detailed insight into the magnetic and electronic properties of the heterostructures. This is designed to yield a deeper understanding of the underlying physics in order to help develop new materials for next-generation information technology.Read moreRead less
Topological spin systems as basis for multifunctional materials. This project aims to investigate the fundamental properties (magnetic structure, surface topology, dynamics and interaction with external stimuli) of topological spin systems. Unconventional topological spin structures at the nanometre scale, such as skyrmions in chiral spin systems, could be used in ultra-low energy electronics and high density data storage. In particular, multi-ferroic skyrmion materials could directly control sk ....Topological spin systems as basis for multifunctional materials. This project aims to investigate the fundamental properties (magnetic structure, surface topology, dynamics and interaction with external stimuli) of topological spin systems. Unconventional topological spin structures at the nanometre scale, such as skyrmions in chiral spin systems, could be used in ultra-low energy electronics and high density data storage. In particular, multi-ferroic skyrmion materials could directly control skyrmions through an external electric field, which makes them ideal for nanoelectronics and data storage for IT applications. This project will create and investigate skyrmion materials as the basis for next generation computer and information technology in Australia.Read moreRead less
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment And Facilities - Grant ID: LE170100205
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$295,000.00
Summary
Instrumentation for powder X-ray diffraction under extreme conditions. This project aims to enable high quality materials science through the installation of powder X-ray diffraction facilities in the Sydney region. The instrumentation will allow rapid X-ray diffraction studies over a wide temperature range using monochromated high energy beams. This instrumentation is expected to improve condensed matter research from hard condensed materials to coordination polymers, including materials engine ....Instrumentation for powder X-ray diffraction under extreme conditions. This project aims to enable high quality materials science through the installation of powder X-ray diffraction facilities in the Sydney region. The instrumentation will allow rapid X-ray diffraction studies over a wide temperature range using monochromated high energy beams. This instrumentation is expected to improve condensed matter research from hard condensed materials to coordination polymers, including materials engineering, nanoscience and thin films, and energy storage and conversion.Read moreRead less
An efficient optical interconnect for superconducting quantum computers. This project aims to develop the technology to connect superconducting quantum computers to the future quantum internet: an optical interconnect. Superconducting qubits are a leading quantum computing system, but their practical use is limited by their microwave operation frequency, as global quantum networks will operate at optical frequencies. This project aims to solve this problem by converting the microwave photons tha ....An efficient optical interconnect for superconducting quantum computers. This project aims to develop the technology to connect superconducting quantum computers to the future quantum internet: an optical interconnect. Superconducting qubits are a leading quantum computing system, but their practical use is limited by their microwave operation frequency, as global quantum networks will operate at optical frequencies. This project aims to solve this problem by converting the microwave photons that carry superconducting quantum information to optical photons. To achieve high efficiency the project will investigate magnetically ordered rare-earth crystals, which uniquely possess the strong optical and microwave coupling required, to build a converter that could greatly enhance the capabilities of quantum computers.Read moreRead less
Structural and physical properties of 4d and 5d metal oxides. Transition metal oxide with perovskite structures are hosts to many fascinating phenomena. This project explores the emerging area of 4d and 5d transition metal oxides where the correlated electrons can form a variety of electronic phases. Perovskite and related oxides containing 4d and 5d transition metal will be prepared and structurally characterised. The proposed study represents a critical step in understanding the factors influe ....Structural and physical properties of 4d and 5d metal oxides. Transition metal oxide with perovskite structures are hosts to many fascinating phenomena. This project explores the emerging area of 4d and 5d transition metal oxides where the correlated electrons can form a variety of electronic phases. Perovskite and related oxides containing 4d and 5d transition metal will be prepared and structurally characterised. The proposed study represents a critical step in understanding the factors influencing the magnetic and electronic properties of these potentially important oxides. It is anticipated that this will guide the design of materials with specific structures and associated physical properties.Read moreRead less
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment And Facilities - Grant ID: LE240100073
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$1,150,000.00
Summary
A femtosecond beamline for time-resolved momentum microscopy. This project aims to obtain a femtosecond high-harmonic generation beamline that will be integrated with a photoemission electron microscope to create Australia’s first time-resolved momentum microscope. This project expects to use ultrafast spectromicroscopy to observe the changes to the excited electron motion within materials after they absorb light. Expected outcomes of this project include improving our understanding of light-dri ....A femtosecond beamline for time-resolved momentum microscopy. This project aims to obtain a femtosecond high-harmonic generation beamline that will be integrated with a photoemission electron microscope to create Australia’s first time-resolved momentum microscope. This project expects to use ultrafast spectromicroscopy to observe the changes to the excited electron motion within materials after they absorb light. Expected outcomes of this project include improving our understanding of light-driven physical and chemical processes that occur in materials and optoelectronic devices. This should provide significant benefits through the development of new cost effective and efficient materials for energy harvesting, sensors and photocatalysts.Read moreRead less
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.
Emergent Behaviours in Spin Crossover Materials. This project aims to develop new molecular materials in which the incorporation of electronic switching leads to the emergence of fundamentally new chemical and physical phenomena. Through an innovative interdisciplinary approach that targets interesting new forms of interplay at the nanoscale this project expects to generate step-change advances in the understanding of spin-switching materials. Significant anticipated outcomes and benefits includ ....Emergent Behaviours in Spin Crossover Materials. This project aims to develop new molecular materials in which the incorporation of electronic switching leads to the emergence of fundamentally new chemical and physical phenomena. Through an innovative interdisciplinary approach that targets interesting new forms of interplay at the nanoscale this project expects to generate step-change advances in the understanding of spin-switching materials. Significant anticipated outcomes and benefits include identification and development of several new classes of materials function, each of major fundamental interest, and to the generation of advanced new materials worthy of commercial development in electronic device, actuator, sensor and gas separations technologies.Read moreRead less