Director of MQ Photonics: Prof' Brian Orr borrics'mq'edu'au www'ics'mq'edu'auresearchphotonics

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Director of MQ Photonics Prof. Brian Orr
borr_at_ics.mq.edu.auwww.ics.mq.edu.au/research/pho
tonics/

• Building on existing strengths ? Centre for
  Lasers Applications ? Lasers and Photonics
  CORE
• for fresh research initiatives ? Photonic
  science and applications? Laser micromachined
  photonic devices ? Optics/laser-based
  sensing and imaging ? Photonics research
  opportunities for medicine, biology,
  industry, defence, astronomy, the environment,

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MQ Photonics who we are

• Expertise and critical
• size in photonic science
• and applications
• plus established
• academic staff
• plus additional
• research fellows
• plus many active higher-degree research
  students

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MQ Photonics what we aim to do

• World-class research in lasers and photonics ?
  High-quality research students, publications,
  ? Advanced instrumentation and infrastructure ?
  Cooperation on large-scale research projects
• Research activity in seven central focus areas
  ? Astrophotonics ?
  Biophotonics ?
  Microphotonic optical systems ?
  Nano-optics nanophotonics based on ?
  Optical sensing and imagingexcellence ?
  Photonic sources in photonics ?
  Ultrafast laser applications

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MQ Photonics central focus areas
Nano-optics nanophotonics
Microphotonic optical systems
MQ Photonics? smart ways to use light
Optical sensing imaging
Photonicsources
Ultrafast laserapplications
Astrophotonics
Biophotonics
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MQ Photonics just a few snippets

• Photonic applications
• in clinical medicine
• (e.g., yellow laser
• for dermatology) ?
• ? Flow cytometry
• (e.g., clean water)
• ? Tunable lasers nonlinear optics

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MQ Photonics a few more snippets
6S8S TPE spectrum of Cs at 822.5 nm

• ? 3D particle imaging
  ? Microphotonics
• ?
  Laser micromachining
  of monolithic devices
  ?Hi-resoln laser
  
  spectroscopy
• ? Synthetic photonic-crystal
  opals
• 
  ?Luminescent
  ? Laser
  cleaning nanodiamonds
  ? Nanophotonics conservation
  of for imaging ? plasmonics
  cultural heritage of biomolecules

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Recent MQ Photonics student projects

• ? Realising photonic circuitry for future optical
  networks
• M.Ams (with G.Marshall, M.Withford et al.)
• ? Light loss mechanisms in optical fibres for
  astronomical instruments
• D.Haynes, M.Withford, J.Dawes, R.Haynes,
  J.Bland-Hawthorn
• ? Colour coded 3D particle imaging
• T.McGregor, D.Coutts, D.Spence
• ? Microchip dual-polarisation ceramic lasers
• A.McKay, D.Coutts, J.Dawes
• ? Smart gemstones using opals to control the
  flow of light
• L.Stewart, J.Dawes, M.Withford
• ? Chaotic semiconductor lasers for secure
  communications
• J.Toomey, D.Kane
• ? Guided wave optics and photonics research
  (Electronic Engineering)

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MQ Photonics how we interact
Anglo- Australian Observatory
NEW Faculty of Science
MQ Division of ICS Depts of Physics and
Electronic Engineering
ARC Centre of Excellence(CUDOS_at_MQ)
MQ Photonics? smart ways to use light
CLA and Lasers Photonics CORE
NCRIS Fabrication andCharacterisation
Lighthouse Technologies P/L now
Med-Aesthetics Solutions International
FABLS ARC/NHMRC Research Network
ARCNN - ARC Nanotechnology Network