Photonics, Phononics and Integrated Optical Sciences
Being situated in the School of Physics at the University of Sydney, the Eggleton Research Group is led by globally renowned optical physicist Professor Benjamin J. Eggleton, who has been recognised for his important contribution to optical communications technology with applications to chip-based, ultra-fast and ultra-broadband, energy efficient information signal processing devices. Our group enjoys a rich complement of fundamental and applied research on some of the most exciting topics in photonic sciences about optical physics and optoelectronics. The research programs are conducted in state-of-the art laboratories located in the Sydney Nanoscience Hub and in the School of Physics, which were constructed to provide every technological advantage. The research programs rely heavily on the clean-room facilities available in the Sydney Nanoscience Hub for nanofabrication and prototyping. The Eggleton research group is part of Sydney University Institute of Photonics and Optical Science (IPOS), the NSW Smart Sensing Network (NSSN) and are members of the University of Sydney Nano Institute. We also host the Jericho Smart Sensing Laboratory (JSSL).
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Pleased to see our review paper published in Advances in Physics: X, Volume 9, 2024 – Issue 1 – “Heterogeneous and hybrid integration for Brillouin microwave photonics” Choon Kong Lai, Moritz Merklein @AlvaroCasasB and @ProfBenEggleton https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/metrics/10.1080/23746149.2024.2360598?scroll=top
Excited – recent research published in @aplphotonics – and Editor’s Pick. “On-chip quasi-light storage for long optical delays using Brillouin scattering”, APL Photonics 9, 056107 (2024)
“achieving delays of up to 500 ns for 1 ns long signal pulses” https://pubs.aip.org/aip/app/article/9/5/056107/3293196/On-chip-quasi-light-storage-for-long-optical?searchresult=1
Very excited to see our publication “Brillouin light storage for 100 pulse widths” published in npj Nanophotonics. We demonstrate record 15 ns of delay for 150ps pulses, (delay of 100 pulse widths); enabled by the high local gain of the chalcogenide chips https://www.nature.com/articles/s44310-024-00004-x