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Biophotonics

Biophotonics technology development for applications in biomedical research, drug discovery and healthcare.

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Electromagnetic Theory

Rigorous electromagnetic theory and experimental analysis is applied to photonic and nanophotonic structures including chiral media, metamaterials, plasmonics, and micromagnetics.

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Fibre and all-solid-state lasers developed for real-world applications from precision laser manufacturing, remote sensing through to medical imaging and therapeutics.

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Optical technologies are developed for programmable control/manipulation of light and image science addressing biophotonics, metrology and biomedical applications including research, drug discovery and healthcare.

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