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Photonics, Lasers and Nonlinear Optics


Quantum photonics with nanostructured metasurfaces


Quantum squeezed states for interferometric gravitational-wave detectors
Distinguished Prof David McClelland, Professor Daniel Shaddock, Dr Bram Slagmolen


Coherently combined laser systems for breakthrough starshot and beyond
Dr Chathura Bandutunga , Dr Paul Sibley, A/Prof Michael Ireland


Micro-ring lasers for integrated silicon photonics


Metasurface polarization optics and quantum photonics


Nanoscale light sources with extreme parameters: high harmonics in subwavelength resonators


Nanowire photodetectors for photonic and quantum systems


Ultrashort laser processing for advanced applications
Developing ultra-high resolution optical meta-surface sensors


Light control with tunable metasurfaces
Fibre optic sensor arrays for vibrometry and acoustic sensing
Dr Chathura Bandutunga , Dr Paul Sibley, A/Prof Malcolm Gray


Nonlinear topological photonics


Engineering optical chirality with nanotechnology


Exciton polaritons in 2D atomically thin materials


Engineering Inter-spacecraft laser links


Ultrafast laser cleaning - The light touch


Non-equilibrium quantum condensation of microcavity exciton polaritons


Synthetic multi-dimensional photonics


Low-noise offset-phase locking and heterodyne interferometry with 2µm-band lasers
Dr Johannes Eichholz, Dr Bram Slagmolen, Distinguished Prof David McClelland


Machine learning for optics and controls


Measurement of optical and mechanical losses of mirror coatings
Dr Johannes Eichholz, Dr Bram Slagmolen, Distinguished Prof David McClelland


Quantum-well nanowire light emitting devices
Professor Lan Fu, Dr Ziyuan Li, Professor Hoe Tan, Professor Chennupati Jagadish


Integrated quantum photonics
Prof Andrey Sukhorukov, Dr Jinyong Ma, Dr Jihua Zhang, Prof Dragomir Neshev


Nanowire lasers for applications in nanophotonics


Satellite based geodesy


Femtosecond laser for ultra-precise cavity drilling in modern dentistry


Tracking noisy lasers using digitally enhanced fibre interferometers
Dr Chathura Bandutunga , A/Prof Malcolm Gray, Dr Paul Sibley


Higher-order spatial mode optical cavity analysis for thermal noise measurements
Dr Johannes Eichholz, Dr Bram Slagmolen, Distinguished Prof David McClelland


Optical metamaterials: from science fiction to transformative optical technologies


Nanoscale optical isolators: disruptive nanotechnology to control light


Synthesising non-Hermitian gauge fields for microcavity exciton polaritons


Optical nanoantennas


Nanowire infrared avalanche photodetectors towards single photon detection
Professor Lan Fu, Dr Zhe (Rex) Li, Professor Chennupati Jagadish


Metaphotonics and Mie-tronics with resonant dielectric structures


Optical sensors for inertial navigation
Dr Chathura Bandutunga , Dr Paul Sibley, A/Prof Malcolm Gray, Mr Justin Wong


Laser levitation of a macroscopic mirror


High-bandwidth stabilisation of a 2µm-band laser
Dr Johannes Eichholz, Dr Bram Slagmolen, Distinguished Prof David McClelland


Optical nonlinearities in 2D crystals
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