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A/Prof Madden currently leads research in hybridisation of Chalcogenide, Tellurite, silicon nitride, and germanosilicate technologies for multifunctional integrated optical devices, including applications in sensing, communications, and metrology. His research career spans from 1984 to present and encompasses diverse areas including Liquid Crystals, planar devices, fibre devices, Hybrid integration, Bragg gratings, planar tunable lasers, optical transmission systems, optical networking, and advanced semiconductor processing techniques. A/Prof Madden is actively involved in the development of Precision Optics at ANU and has been engaged in significant projects such as the ARC Linkage Project for ultrafast laser restoration of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. His extensive qualifications in BSc(Eng) and PhD DIC support a robust background in deploying new high technology products to volume production. His research interests encompass Fibre Integrated optics, Planar waveguides, optical switching, Semiconductor processing methodology, Liquid crystals, and Ultrafast laser system applications.
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