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DR BRANT GIBSON



Contact Details

Organization: Physics
Position: PHOTONICS DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER - QCV
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Work: 8344 7651
Fax: 9347 4783
Room: 362
Level: 03
Building: Physics Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Photonics Development Engineering Photonics, Scanning Near-field Optical Microscopy (SNOM), Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), Diamond Science, Optical Waveguide Design and Modelling Australia

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
Israel Hebrew University of Jerusalem Research, Technical Assistance/Training
Israel Technion Israel Institute of Technology Research, Technical Assistance/Training
Ireland Trinity College Dublin Exchange, Research, Technical Assistance/Training
United States MagiQ Technologies Exchange, Research, Technical Assistance/Training

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Engineering La Trobe University 31-Dec-1997
Doctor of Philosophy La Trobe University 31-Dec-2004

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Registered Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Full Member 01-Jan-1997
Unspecified Lasers and Electro-Optics Society (LEOS) Member 01-Jan-1997

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Other (Award) 4th Australian Scanning Probe Microscopy Conference Best student oral presentation 31-Dec-2003
Other (Award) 3rd Australian Scanning Probe Microscopy Conference Best student oral presentation 31-Dec-2002
Other (Award) La Trobe University Hooper Memorial Awards for Best poster presentation 31-Dec-1997
Scholarship Australian Research Council Australian Postgraduate Award 31-Dec-1997

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2009

Journal Articles

  • A highly efficient two level diamond based single photon source
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Applied Physics Letters
    Volume: 94
    Page numbers: 2031071-2031073
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    URL - open access http://arxiv.org/abs/0903.3807
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  • Focused ion beam processing and engineering of devices in self-assembled supramolecular structures
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Nanotechnology
    Volume: 20
    Page numbers: 4853011-4853016
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  • Metal-free scanning optical microscopy with a fractal fiber probe
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Optics Express
    Volume: 17
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 1772-1780
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  • Nano-manipulation of diamond-based single photon sources
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Optics Express
    Volume: 17
    Issue: 14
    Page numbers: 11287-11293
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    URL - open access http://arxiv.org/abs/0905.2784
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  • Slot-waveguide cavities for optical quantum information applications
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Optics Express
    Volume: 17
    Issue: 9
    Page numbers: 7295-7303
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Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Fabrication of Ultrathin Single-Crystal Diamond Membranes


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Advanced Materials
    Volume: 20
    Page numbers: 4793-4798
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  • Diamond waveguides fabricated by reactive ion etching
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Optics Express
    Volume: 16
    Issue: 24
    Page numbers: 19512-19519
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  • Integration of microwave plasma CVD diamond with optical waveguides: towards the realisation of diamond-based photonic devices

    Year: 2008
    Journal: Industrial Diamond Review
    Volume: 68
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 28-33
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  • Reactive ion etching of waveguide structures in diamond
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Diamond and Related Materials
    Volume: 17
    Page numbers: 1831-1834
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Plasmonic nanoresonant materials


    Year: 2008
    Event name: Photonics: Design, Technology and Packaging III
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of SPIE on CD-Rom
    Volume: 6801
    Page numbers: 68010I1-68010I9
    Publisher: SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering(Washington)
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  • Progress towards achieving diamond waveguides


    Year: 2008
    Event name: Joint Conference of the Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference and the Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology
    Conference Publication: OECC/AOFT 2008 Conference
    Page numbers: 1-2
    Publisher: Australian Optical Society(Melbourne)
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    URL - open access http://www.iceaustralia.com/OECC_ACOFT2008/
  • The refractive index of ion implanted diamond


    Year: 2008
    Event name: 18th National AIP Congress 2008
    Conference Publication: Australian Institute of Physics 18th National Congress incorproating the 27th Plasma Science Conference
    Page numbers: 175-178
    Publisher: Australian Institute of Physics(Melbourne)
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  • Diamond waveguides: toward an all-diamond platform
    Year: 2008
    Event name: Photonics: Design, Technology and Packaging III
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of SPIE on CD-Rom
    Volume: 6801
    Page numbers: 68010J1-68010J8
    Publisher: SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering(Washington)
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  • Nanostructures in tapered air-silica fibres
    Year: 2008
    Event name: Joint Conference of the Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference and the Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology
    Conference Publication: OECC/AOFT 2008 Conference
    Page numbers: 1-2
    Publisher: Australian Optical Society(Melbourne)
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    URL - open access http://www.iceaustralia.com/OECC_ACOFT2008/

Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Air-clad optical fibre filament for generating broadband radiation


    Year: 2007
    Journal: Optics Communications
    Volume: 273
    Page numbers: 379-382
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  • A fractal-based fibre for ultra-high throughput optical probes
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Optics Express
    Volume: 15
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 2468-2475
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  • Bend loss in structured optical fibres
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Optics Express
    Volume: 15
    Issue: 26
    Page numbers: 17639-17644
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  • Micromachining structured optical fibers using focused ion beam milling
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Optics Letters
    Volume: 32
    Issue: 11
    Page numbers: 1575-1577
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  • Optical properties of silver composite metamaterials
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Physica B
    Volume: 394
    Page numbers: 176-179
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  • Optimal refractive index design for an optical fibre-based evanescent field sensor
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Systems & Control Letters
    Volume: 56
    Page numbers: 634-645
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  • Refractive index design and validation for evanescent field power maximization in optical fibre sensors
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Optics Communications
    Volume: 279
    Page numbers: 303-312
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Air-Silica Structured Fibre Micromachining using Focused Ion Beam


    Year: 2007
    Event name: COIN - ACOFT 2007
    Conference Publication: COIN - ACOFT 2007 Conference Proceedings
    Page numbers: 1-3
    Publisher: IEE Institute of Electronic Engineers(New York)
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  • Cryptography based on Coherent Scattering of Light


    Year: 2007
    Event name: COIN - ACOFT 2007
    Conference Publication: COIN - ACOFT 2007 Conference Proceedings
    Page numbers: 1-3
    Publisher: IEE Institute of Electronic Engineers(New York)
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  • Processing of Diamond: Towards All-Diamond Integrated Optics


    Year: 2007
    Event name: COIN - ACOFT 2007
    Conference Publication: COIN - ACOFT 2007 Conference Proceedings
    Page numbers: 1-3
    Publisher: IEE Institute of Electronic Engineers(New York)
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  • Ultra-high Throughput Optical Probes based on Fractal Fibre


    Year: 2007
    Event name: COIN - ACOFT 2007
    Conference Publication: COIN - ACOFT 2007 Conference Proceedings
    Page numbers: 1-3
    Publisher: IEE Institute of Electronic Engineers(New York)
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Characterization of three-dimensional microstructures in single-crystal diamond
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Diamond and Related Materials
    Volume: 15
    Page numbers: 1614-1621
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  • Coherent population trapping in diamond N-V centers at zero magnetic field
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Optics Express
    Volume: 14
    Issue: 17
    Page numbers: 7986-7994
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  • Critical components for diamond-based quantum coherent devices
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Physics - Condensed Matter
    Volume: 18
    Issue: 21
    Page numbers: S825-S842
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Air-clad optical fibre filament for generating broadband radiation


    Year: 2006
    Event name: 31st Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology and Meeting of the Australian Optical Society
    Conference Publication: ACOFT&AOS Conference 2006
    Page numbers: 66-68
    Publisher: Australian Optical Society(Melbourne)
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  • Fiber evanescent field power maximization via refractive index design


    Year: 2006
    Event name: 31st Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology and Meeting of the Australian Optical Society
    Conference Publication: ACOFT&AOS Conference 2006
    Page numbers: 66-68
    Publisher: Australian Optical Society(Melbourne)
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  • Nanoscale annular array metamaterials


    Year: 2006
    Event name: ICONN 2006
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 2006 International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
    Page numbers: 355-358
    Publisher: IEEE Press(Melbourne)
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  • MPCVD Processing of Titanium-diffused LiNbO3 Waveguides: Optical Characterisation and Waveguide Restoration
    Year: 2006
    Event name: Conference on Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials and Devices
    Conference Publication: COMMAD 2006
    Page numbers: 253-255
    Publisher: IEEE Press(New Jersey)
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Exposure and characterization of nano-structured hole arrays in tapered photonic crystal fibers using a combined FIB/SEM technique
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Optics Express
    Volume: 13
    Issue: 22
    Page numbers: 9023-9028
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  • Ion-beam-assisted lift-off technique for three-dimensional micromachining of freestanding single-crystal diamond
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Advanced Materials
    Volume: 17
    Page numbers: 2427-2430
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  • Self-aligning method of fiber-to-waveguide pigtailing
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Optics Letters
    Volume: 30
    Issue: 21
    Page numbers: 2858-2860
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • A numerical optimal control approach to the design of an optical fibre-based evanescent field.
    Year: 2005
    Event name: 16th IFAC World Congress 2005
    Conference Publication: 16th IFAC World Congress 2005
    Page numbers: 1-6
    Publisher: International Federation of Automatic Control(Laxemburg)
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Publications in 2004

Conference Publications/Papers

  • An optimal control problem arising in the design of optical fibre sensors
    Year: 2004
    Event name: 43rd IEEE conference on decision and control
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 43rd IEEE conference on decision and control
    Page numbers: 2742-2747
    Publisher: IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers(New York)
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  • An optimization problem arising in optical fibre sensor design
    Year: 2004
    Event name: ACOFT/AOS '04
    Conference Publication: CD Proceedings ACOFT/AOS Conference 2004
    Page numbers: 1-3
    Publisher: Australian National University(Canberra)
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  • Single material slab waveguides
    Year: 2004
    Event name: ACOFT/AOS '04
    Conference Publication: CD Proceedings ACOFT/AOS Conference 2004
    Page numbers: 1-3
    Publisher: Australian National University(Canberra)
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  • Thin-film palladium coatings on single-mode fibre tapers
    Year: 2004
    Event name: ACOFT/AOS '04
    Conference Publication: CD Proceedings ACOFT/AOS Conference 2004
    Page numbers: 1-3
    Publisher: Australian National University(Canberra)
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  • Topographical and optical enhancement of NSOM probes
    Year: 2004
    Event name: ACOFT/AOS '04
    Conference Publication: CD Proceedings ACOFT/AOS Conference 2004
    Page numbers: 1-3
    Publisher: Australian National University(Canberra)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Controlled modification and direct characterization of multimode-fiber refractive-index profiles
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Applied Optics
    Volume: 42
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 627-633
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  • Retaining and characterising nano-structure within tapered air-silica structured optical fibers
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Optics Express
    Volume: 11
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 98-104
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Publications in 2002

Conference Publications/Papers

  • Tapered Air-silica Microstructures for Evanescent Field Sensing
    Year: 2002
    Event name: 27th Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 27th Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology
    Page numbers: 125-127
    Publisher: The Institution of Engineers, Australia(Barton)
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Publications in 2001

Conference Publications/Papers

  • Evanescent Field Analysis of Air-Silica Microstructure Waveguides
    Year: 2001
    Event name: 14th Annual Meeting of the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society 2001
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 14th Annual Meeting of the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society 2001
    Volume: 2
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 709-710
    Publisher: IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers(Piscataway)
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