Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities - Grant ID: LE0346889

Funding Activity

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Funded Activity Summary

Optical fibre fabrication and characterisation facility for next-generation photonics research. Australia is a world leader in photonics, underpinning the future of information communications technologies. ICT research demands the next generation of optical fibres; requiring high precision, state-of-the-art fibre fabrication and characterization equipment for advanced research into new photonic materials and technologies. OFTC is the keystone supplier of application specific optical fibre to almost all photonics related research and developing industry in Australia. New equipment will enable OFTC to lead innovation and a high level of excellence in research in fundamental science, new technologies, new fibre including non-linear and photonic-bandgap, fibre devices, lasers and amplifiers, and support commercial development in Australia.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2002

End Date: 31-12-2002

Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities

Funding Amount: $670,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council