CUDOS brings together a powerful team of Australian and International researchers in optical science and photonics technology, our efforts will lead to significant advancement in the capabilities and knowledge in this crucial field.
Phone: +61 2 9351 2637
Fax: +61 2 9036 7158
Email: cudos@physics.usyd.edu.au
Science Leader |
Project Leader |
Deputy Project Leader |
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| Prof Yuri Kivshar Australian National University |
A/Prof Mikhail Lapine University of Technology, Sydney |
Dr David Powell Australian National University |
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We are developing artificial materials with unique properties that completely change the way light interacts with matter, and we are integrating them on photonic chips.
Figure One - Fishnet Structures
Figure Two - Chrial Structures
Figure Three - Split-Ring Resonator
Figure Four - Positive to negative tuning with liquid crystals
Photonic chips currently don’t have the necessary performance because they are limited by available materials. Functional metamaterials will overcome these constraints, providing engineered and tunable optical linear and nonlinear responses.
Positive to negative tuning with liquid crystals.
There are many questions and problems that we need to overcome to realise real-world applications of metamaterials. There will be exciting fundamental discoveries along the way that will lead to future photonics applications where light can be manipulated at the nanoscale with high speed and efficiency.
Functional Metamaterials and Metadevices Group, Annual CUDOS Workshop in the Hunter Valley, Feb 2015
