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ProfessorMartijn de Sterke

Professor

Faculty of Science

Orcid identifier0000-0003-0548-4078 (opens in a new tab)⁠
  • Professor
    Faculty of Science

RESEARCH INTERESTs

Nonlinear optics, frequency combs, fibre optics, fibre lasers, nanophotonics, passive cooling, laser-propelled space craft.

Martijn's research aligns with the Faculty of Science Research Strengths - Fundamental Laws of Nature, Sustainability, Communication Technologies, Next Generation Materials, National Security , Earth and Space Exploration and Technologies.

FUNDED RESEARCH

  • GRANT
    Unshackling solitons through ultimate dispersion control
    Australian Research Council (ARC)31 Dec 2023 - 30 Dec 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    • de Sterke CM,
    • Runge A
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    ARC Centre of Excellence in Optical Microcombs for Breakthrough Science
    Australian Research Council (ARC)30 Dec 2023 - 29 Dec 2030
    People funded by this grant:
    • Dholakia K,
    • Luiten A,
    • Moss D,
    • Kabakova I,
    • Jia B
  • GRANT
    The Pure-Quartic Soliton Laser
    Asian Office of Aerospace Research and Development (AOARD) - US Air Force1 Aug 2019 - 31 Jul 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    • de Sterke CM
  • GRANT
    Mission to Alpha Centauri
    School of Physics1 Jan 2019
    People funded by this grant:
    • de Sterke CM
  • GRANT
    A brighter future: the pure-quartic soliton laser
    Australian Research Council (ARC)1 Jan 2018 - 30 Nov 2021
    People funded by this grant:
    • Blanco Redondo A,
    • de Sterke CM,
    • Schmidt M,
    • Hudson D
  • GRANT
    Ultra-compact highly-nonlinear hybrid plasmonic waveguides
    DVC Research1 Jun 2017
    People funded by this grant:
    • Tuniz A,
    • de Sterke CM
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    AINST Accelerator Scheme - Project Officers Group (working title)
    DVC Research1 Jan 2015
    People funded by this grant:
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    Hybrid plasmonic waveguide for integrated photonic signal processing
    Australian Research Council (ARC)1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2017
    People funded by this grant:
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    Inductively-coupled plasma etcher
    Australian Research Council (ARC)1 Jan 2015
    People funded by this grant:
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    Inductively-coupled plasma etching facility (opens in a new tab)⁠
    Australian Research Council1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2016
    People funded by this grant:
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    Nanophotonics for strong absorption in extremely thin solar cells - moving beyond silicon
    Australian Research Council (ARC)1 Jan 2013 - 31 Dec 2016
    People funded by this grant:
    • de Sterke CM
  • GRANT
    Deep - Ultraviolet light source by frequency doubling of blue or green light for disinfection
    Australian Research Council (ARC)1 Jan 2012 - 31 Dec 2015
    People funded by this grant:
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    ARC Centre of Excellence for Ultrahigh Bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (opens in a new tab)⁠
    Australian Research Council29 Apr 2011 - 30 Apr 2018
    People funded by this grant:
    • Eggleton B,
    • Kivshar Y,
    • Luther-Davies B,
    • de Sterke C,
    • Gu M
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    100 Gbit to 1 Terabit per second optical commuincation test-bed facility
    Australian Research Council (ARC)1 Jan 2011 - 31 Dec 2012
    People funded by this grant:
    • Moss D,
    • Pelusi M,
    • Monat C,
    • Frisken S,
    • de Sterke CM
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    Three-dimensional super-resolution nano-photonic fabrication facility
    Australian Research Council (ARC)1 Jan 2011 - 31 Dec 2012
    People funded by this grant:
    • Gu M,
    • McPhedran R
  • GRANT
    Frozen linear and nonlinear light
    Australian Research Council (ARC)1 Jan 2010 - 31 Dec 2014
    People funded by this grant:
    • de Sterke CM
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    Direct write microphotonics fabrication facility
    Australian Research Council (ARC)1 Jan 2007 - 31 Dec 2007
    People funded by this grant:
    • Withford MJ,
    • Lancaster DG,
    • de Sterke CM,
    • Eggleton B,
    • Dawes D
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    Australian nanolithography facility
    Australian Research Council (ARC)1 Jan 2006
    People funded by this grant:
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    Efficient and tailored supercontinuum generation using dispersion management
    Australian Research Council (ARC)1 Jan 2006 - 31 Dec 2010
    People funded by this grant:
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    National Nanolithography Facility (opens in a new tab)⁠
    Australian Research Council1 Jan 2006 - 31 Dec 2006
    People funded by this grant:
    • Jagadish C,
    • Williams J,
    • Luther-Davies B,
    • Kivshar Y,
    • Tan HH
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    Ultra-high speed optical transmission test-bed for testing next generation photonic devices
    Australian Research Council (ARC)1 Jan 2006 - 31 Dec 2006
    People funded by this grant:
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    Near-field scanning optical microscope
    University of Sydney1 Jan 2005
    People funded by this grant:
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    NSW Government funding supporting ARC Centre of Excellence for Ultra High band width Devices for Optical Systems
    DEPT OF BUSINESS AND REGIONAL DEVT NSW1 Jan 2004
    People funded by this grant:
    • Eggleton B,
    • de Sterke CM,
    • Botten LC,
    • Blows J,
    • McPhedran R
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    Centre for Ultrahigh Bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (CUDOS)
    Australian Research Council (ARC)1 Jul 2003 - 31 Dec 2010
    People funded by this grant:
    • Mitchell A,
    • Poulton CG,
    • Krauss TF,
    • de Sterke CM,
    • Kuipers L
  • GRANT
    Centre for ultrahigh-badwidth devices for optical systems
    Australian Research Council (ARC)1 Jan 2003
    People funded by this grant:
    • de Sterke CM,
    • Luther-Davies B,
    • Krolikowski WZ,
    • Dawes JM,
    • Blows J