Fabrication Tools and Methods for Imaging

The development of high-quality imaging systems rely on sophisticated fabrication tools and techniques to enable the creation of precision optics and sensors, many of which are be optimised for specific wavelength ranges. This special session focuses on fabrication tools and services to showcase local and international capabilities in micro/nano-fabrication, with a focus on optical device fabrication. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn about cutting-edge solutions for fabricating optical components and tools across a wide range of spectral bands. This session will allow vendors and fabrication providers to share their expertise.
 

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Dr. Saulius Juodkazis, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

Saulius Juodkazis is Professor and Deputy Director of the Optical Sciences Centre at Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia. In 1998, he received his PhD (cotutelle) in experimental physics and material sciences jointly from Vilnius University, Lithuania, and Lyon-I University, France. His current interests are in the fields of light-matter interactions occurring in small space (nanoscale) and time (femtoseconds) domains. He planned, established, and directs a multi-user Nanotechnology facility at Swinburne open to the Australian National Fabrication Facility ANFF users from December 2011. His research is focused on applying principles of light-field enhancement and its spectral control for applications in micro-optics, solid-state lighting, and solar energy conversion. Professor Juodkazis has contributed to the development of a three-dimensional laser printing with nano-/micro-scale precision using femtosecond laser for applications in opto-fluidic, micro-optics, optical memory, and photonic crystals. He has shown experimentally the creation of high-pressure density phases of materials using tightly focused ultra-short laser pulses. He demonstrated that nano-textured surface of Si (black-Si) has bactericidal/biocidal property and acts as “mechanical antibiotic”, which can be mass produced. This work received 2017 Eureka prize for scientific research in Australia. He is Fellow of the Optical Society of America (OSA) and the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE)

Dr.Soon Hock, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

Soon Hock is a postdoctoral researcher at Swinburne University of Technology. He completed his BSc (Chemistry and Astrophysics) and BEng (Materials Engineering) at Monash University, where he also completed his PhD in 2016. That focused on combining electron beam lithography and supporting semiconductor processing techniques with DNA-directed self-assembly of gold nanoparticles for sensing applications. He began working at the Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication as a Process Engineer in the latter half of 2016 where he conducted tool maintenance, user training, and performed jobs for industry clients. In 2017 he pursued postdoctoral research in the Centre for Micro-Photonics, now Optical Sciences Centre at Swinburne University of Technology. There, as a SIEF STEM+ business fellow he worked closely with a Melbourne-based defence research company on the development of semiconductor devices. That successful project led to an Australian Research Council Linkage project where he was scientific lead. His research areas include photo and electron-beam lithography of sensors and photonics devices, physical deposition and reactive ion etching of nanostructured thin films, and energetic materials. Recently he has expanded into, infrared spectroscopy and instrumentation, polarisation-based remote sensing, CNC machining of THz optics, and laser fabrication of micro-optics for astronomy and photonic crystals for solar cells. He is currently an Industry Research Fellow supporting projects such as a silk degradation experiment satellite payload, polarisation remote sensing drone platform, and investigation of high entropy alloys under extreme pressures.

Dr. James Chon, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

Associate Professor James Chon's research interest is in optical synthesis, microscopy and spectroscopy of single quantum objects. This research area includes plasmonic, metallic, semiconductor nanoparticles and dye molecules, and their application in nanophotonic devices. Dr Chon is also a past ARC Future Fellow and the Group leader for Optical Nanomaterial Spectroscopy for Photonic Application (ONSPA) group at Swinburne’s Optical Sciences Centre. Alongside his research work, Dr Chon is a member of the Australian Institute of Physics, the Australian Optical Society, the Optical Society of America and the American Chemical Society.