Centre for Ultrahigh Bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems
The Centre for Ultrahigh bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems is an Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence
CUDOS is a research consortium between 6 groups at 5 Australian Universities: The University of Sydney, Australian National University, Macquarie University, Swinburne University of Technology and University of Technology Sydney
The Research Director is Professor Ben Eggleton[1] and the Deputy Director is Professor Yuri Kivshar.
The CUDOS research program has two central themes: microphotonics and nonlinear photonics. The goal of achieving ultrahigh-speed all-optical signal processing on a single Photonic Chip is addressed by combining these two themes to develop micrometre-scale photonic components incorporating nonlinear photonics processes. These all-optical signal processors will be the key enabling technology for the next generation of ultrahigh bandwidth optical communication systems.
The Centre has active research programs in photonic circuitry, microstructured optical fibers, 2D and 3D photonic crystals and photonic devices and applications. It has strong programs in nonlinear optical theory, modeling and simulation. Experimental programs include the fabrication of micro-structured guided-wave optical devices and studies of nonlinear optical effects in periodic guided wave geometries. It has a comprehensive set of test and measurement capabilities, including a 160 Gbit/s optical bit error rate test system (BERT).
Researchers have developed optical circuitry which could result in much faster speeds for data transmission.[2][3][4][5]
[edit] References
- ^ The Age, Melbourne. Govt promises funding for bionics centre 7 September 2004 Ben Eggleton was named the Malcolm McIntosh physical scientist of the year.
- ^ Radio Australia – Innovations – Slow Light Data. Creating a chip to accelerate internet speed a thousand times. 30 October 2006 Retrieved 2008-05-06.
- ^ Miller, Nick. Accelerating the internet to the speed of light. The Age. 9 May 2006. Retrieved 2008-05-06.
- ^ Foreshew, Jennifer. Research progress in fibre optics. Australian IT. 1 November 2005 Retrieved 2008-05-06.
- ^ Researchers demonstrate dynamic dispersion compensation in Optium WSS. Lightwave, 29 March 2007
