Integrated Photonics and Applications Centre

Our team uses the science of light to create new technologies that are more energy efficient, faster, and more compact to solve challenges across the biomedical, data communications and defence industries. Photonics - and particularly integrated photonics - encompasses both fundamental physics and the latest technological advancements. It is both theoretical and practical; and is key to bridging the gap between researchers and industry in Australia. The Integrated Photonics and Applications is a team working to bridge the gap between fundamental physics and industry in Australia. Integrated photonics will create new capabilities for photonics, driving the possibilities of what is not currently available with current technologies: 1. Rather than taking days in the lab, viruses can be detected faster and more accurately on site at a doctor’s clinic or in a patient’s home, all directly at the point of care 2. Faster and more precise sensing will make self-driving cars safer, autonomous space-borne objects (like satellites) more controllable, and defence systems more accurate 3. Complex and isolated systems can be turned into tiny chips that provide blazing fast internet speeds What would have normally taken up an entire laboratory’s bench of equipment, can now be combined on one tiny chip the size of your fingernail. We work with industry and end-users to design, prototype and scale-up photonic chips to make new products that can be printed precisely and cost-effectively.