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Guided Wave Optics & Photonics Research

The Guided Wave Optics and Photonics Research group (GWOPR) undertakes teaching, research, and development in the area of guided-wave optics, including integrated optics and optical fibres, specialising in microstructured and nanostructured materials. The group's research capabilities are broad, but mainly target applications in telecommunications and sensing. Specific areas of interest include;

• Integrated polymer optics; design, fabrication, and applications
• Microstructured polymer optical fibres; design, fabrication, and applications
• Nanocomposite polymer materials; modeling and fabrication
• Optical fibre lasers; modeling, fabrication, and applications
• Nonlinear fibre optics; modeling and applications
• Coupled mode filter (i.e. grating) design and applications
• Broadband optical signal processing (including optical switching)
• Biophotonics (applications of photonics in biomedicine)
• Electronics and photonics for renewable energy systems (PSOCS, organic solar cells, etc)
• Devices and systems for wireless sensing and communication at terahertz frequencies.

The GWOPR group (previously known as MUNFLOR) was set up in 2002, and is led by Professor Graham Town who's background includes 8 years in the Australian electronics industry, 6 years involved in medical imaging research, and 18 years in area of optical fibres and photonics.

GWOPR is a member of the Macquarie University Centre for Lasers and Applications (CLA), which is in turn a partner in Macquarie University's MQ Photonics Concentration of Research Excellence. GWOPR is also a member of the Quantum Information Science and Network Security Concentration of Research Excellence.