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ARC Centre of Excellence in Optical Microcombs for Breakthrough Science

ARC Centre of Excellence in Optical Microcombs for Breakthrough Science aims to explore the society wide transformations that will flow from optical frequency combs - thousands of highly pure light signals precisely spaced across the entire optical spectrum - by leveraging and building upon the latest breakthroughs in physics, materials science and nanofabrication. It expects to generate a wide new base of knowledge in fields as diverse as astronomy, spectroscopy, chemical sensors, and precision measurement. Expected outcomes include the capability to realise complete comb systems on a chip the size of a fingernail, tailored to specific applications, with significant benefits spanning from imaging live cells to autonomous vehicles, satellite communications, and the search for exoplanets.

Funding: $34.9 million over 7 years

Centre Director: Prof Arnan Mitchell

Administering Organisation: RMIT University

Participating Organisations:

  • Swinburne University of Technology
  • The University of Adelaide
  • The University of Sydney
  • University of Technology Sydney
  • The Australian National University
  • University of South Australia
  • Monash University
  • WM Keck Observatory
  • University of California, Santa Barbara
  • INRS - Energy, Materials and Telecommunications
  • The University of Auckland, NZ
  • Umea University
  • Nokia Bell Labs
  • Ecole Centrale de Lyon
  • MOG LABORATORIES PTY LTD
  • Menlo Systems GmbH
  • City University of Hong Kong
  • Ligentec
  • ADVANCED NAVIGATION PTY. LTD.
  • Technical University of Denmark
  • Defence Science and Technology Group
  • NATIONAL MEASUREMENT INSTITUTE
  • BARAJA PTY LTD
  • California Institute of Technology, USA
  • Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne
  • TERRA15 TECHNOLOGIES PTY LTD
  • NBN CO LIMITED
  • Loughborough University, UK
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