The Photonics and Optical Communications Group (POCG) in the School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications is home to a variety of research projects centred around polymer and organic materials for photonics applications. Amongst others, the POCG hosts projects targeting the design and fabrication of novel polymer-based segmented cladding fibres, the development of nano-material self-assembly processes for display technology and the development of fibre Bragg grating-based hydrophone systems. The POCG has active links with industry partners such as Plastic Logic, Silanna and numerous academic institutions such as Cambridge University, the University of Melbourne and City University Hong-Kong.

The POCG is also responsible for the teaching of under-and post-graduate photonics courses within the faculty of Engineering.

Participation in future conferences:

• SPIE Symposium on Microelectronics, MEMS, and Nanotechnology (Photonics: Design, Technology, and Packaging III) which will be held 5-7 December 2007 at The Australian National University in Canberra, Australia
• International Conference on Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, to be held 25-29 February 2008 at the Melbourne Convention Centre, Melbourne, Australia