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Materials Science and Engineering


Electromagnetic metamaterials
Metamaterials are complex structures whose electromagnetic parameters can be engineered. We have several theoretical and experimental projects aiming to design artificial materials that exhibit properties not found in nature.


Metamaterials for Terahertz wave manipulation
Terahertz frequency range is the least explored part of the electromagnetic spectrum, and we work towards using it in a range of breakthrough imaghing, security and communication applications. We offer a range of Honours, Masters and PhD projects, which include theoretical, numerical and experimental work with terahertz metamaterials.


Exciton polaritons in 2D atomically thin materials
This experimental project will focus on nvestigation of strong light-matter coupling and exciton polaritons in novel atomically thin materials.
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology


Electromagnetic metamaterials
Metamaterials are complex structures whose electromagnetic parameters can be engineered. We have several theoretical and experimental projects aiming to design artificial materials that exhibit properties not found in nature.


Metaphotonics and metasurfaces with Mie-resonant nanoparticles
This project will address the recently emerged new platform for nanophotonics based on high-index dielectric nanoparticles that opened a whole new realm of all-dielectric resonant nanophotonics and meta-optics. High-permittivity nanoparticles exhibit strong interaction with light due to the excitation of electric and magnetic Mie-type resonances.


Electromagnetic Bound States in the Continuum
By borrowing a concept of Bound States in the Continuum from quantum mechanics we can create extremely high quality optical resonators that are highly sought after in many applications.
Photonics, Lasers and Nonlinear Optics


Topological photonics
This project will address significant problems of feasibility and tunability of novel photonic metadevices aiming to open novel possibilities for a control of light flows topologically protected against scattering losses, energy leaking, or imperfections.


Non-equilibrium quantum condensation of microcavity exciton polaritons
This project combines theoretical and experimental research on exciton polaritons in semiconductor microcavities. We investigate emergent quantum phenomena far from equilibrium and their applications for next-generation optoelectronics devices.


Synthetic multi-dimensional photonics
This project goal is to investigate, theoretically and experimentally, photonic systems with synthetic dimensionality exceeding the three spatial dimensions, and reveal new opportunities for applications in optical signal switching and sensing in classical and quantum photonics.


Metasurface polarization optics and quantum photonics
This project aims for developing polarization optical devices based on all-dielectric metasurfaces. As no bulky optical elements and moving parts are required, these devices are compact, stable, and can operate in a single-shot mode with high time resolution. Potential applications include sensitive biological imaging and quantum state manipulation and tomography.


Integrated quantum photonics
The goal of the project is to understand new physical phenomena arising from quantum and nonlinear optical integration. In the future this research may open doors to new types of computers and simulators with information capacity exceeding the number of elementary particles in the entire universe.
Prof Andrey Sukhorukov, Prof Dragomir Neshev, Dr Jihua Zhang


Metamaterials for Terahertz wave manipulation
Terahertz frequency range is the least explored part of the electromagnetic spectrum, and we work towards using it in a range of breakthrough imaghing, security and communication applications. We offer a range of Honours, Masters and PhD projects, which include theoretical, numerical and experimental work with terahertz metamaterials.


Metaphotonics and metasurfaces with Mie-resonant nanoparticles
This project will address the recently emerged new platform for nanophotonics based on high-index dielectric nanoparticles that opened a whole new realm of all-dielectric resonant nanophotonics and meta-optics. High-permittivity nanoparticles exhibit strong interaction with light due to the excitation of electric and magnetic Mie-type resonances.


Electromagnetic Bound States in the Continuum
By borrowing a concept of Bound States in the Continuum from quantum mechanics we can create extremely high quality optical resonators that are highly sought after in many applications.
Quantum Science and Technology


Non-equilibrium quantum condensation of microcavity exciton polaritons
This project combines theoretical and experimental research on exciton polaritons in semiconductor microcavities. We investigate emergent quantum phenomena far from equilibrium and their applications for next-generation optoelectronics devices.


Synthetic multi-dimensional photonics
This project goal is to investigate, theoretically and experimentally, photonic systems with synthetic dimensionality exceeding the three spatial dimensions, and reveal new opportunities for applications in optical signal switching and sensing in classical and quantum photonics.


Metasurface polarization optics and quantum photonics
This project aims for developing polarization optical devices based on all-dielectric metasurfaces. As no bulky optical elements and moving parts are required, these devices are compact, stable, and can operate in a single-shot mode with high time resolution. Potential applications include sensitive biological imaging and quantum state manipulation and tomography.


Integrated quantum photonics
The goal of the project is to understand new physical phenomena arising from quantum and nonlinear optical integration. In the future this research may open doors to new types of computers and simulators with information capacity exceeding the number of elementary particles in the entire universe.
Prof Andrey Sukhorukov, Prof Dragomir Neshev, Dr Jihua Zhang


Exciton polaritons in 2D atomically thin materials
This experimental project will focus on nvestigation of strong light-matter coupling and exciton polaritons in novel atomically thin materials.
Topological and Structural Science


Topological photonics
This project will address significant problems of feasibility and tunability of novel photonic metadevices aiming to open novel possibilities for a control of light flows topologically protected against scattering losses, energy leaking, or imperfections.
Other research projects may be found at the ANU College of Engineering & Computer Science and the Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics