CLA News
CLA Seminar Series
Alex Fuerbach is organising this year's seminar series which includes members of the Centre and visitors presenting their current research.
Beyond the silicon chip
Researchers with CUDOS in the CLA are developing optical circuity to manipulate data in the form of light rather than electrical signals.
Macquarie University News - July 2006
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Bouncing lasers off your breath yields amazing results
The CLA is at the forefront of research into the development of lasers to 'sniff' diseases on a person's breath.
Macquarie University News - September 2003
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Top award for postgraduate physics student
Congratulations to Andrew Lee of Physics and CLA fame, who won the Australian Institute of Physics postgraduate
award for the presentation of his work on laser micro-machined photonic crystal structures. Well done Andrew!
11th September 2003
The Magic Wand Laser
A new yellow laser that can quickly and painlessly cure everything from glaucoma to spider veins has recently been named among the ten most innovative Australian inventions.
Radio Australia - Innovations - 27th July
2003
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New Australian Research Centre Pursues Photonics
Laser Focus World - 21st July 2003read article >>
The Magic Wand Laser
Dr Mark Ainsworth said
the very bright light produced by the magic
wand yellow laser is absorbed by red blood cells and this property
allows it to be used to treat a number of common skin and eye medical
problems.
The Australian - 10th June 2003
Lasers could take the bite out of going to the dentist
Macquarie University News - June 2003read article >>
Macquarie CLA Innovations Recognised
A Macquarie University laser that can quickly and painlessly
cure everything from glaucoma to spider veins was named among the
10 most innovative Australian inventions at the KCA Commercialisation
Forum and Fair of Ideas held in Sydney on March 27.
Macquarie University News - May 2003
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'Solder' may replace the surgeons' sewing kit
Macquarie CLA researchers have developed a protein 'solder' that, when activated by a laser, can be used to fuse blood vessels and nerves.
SMH - 5th April 2003
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CLA Micromachining is out of this world!
Macquarie's Centre for Lasers and Applications (CLA), which has previously applied cutting-edge research to everything from Olympic torches to treating varicose veins, has once again achieved success - this time by making holes a fraction of the width of a human hair through which to view some of the most distant objects in the universe.
Macquarie Researcher - December 2002
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Lasers strip off fibre jackets
A single laser can now be used to remove the polymer jacket and write fibre Bragg gratings in an optical fibre.Optics.org - 20th August 2002
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Un-blinded by the light
A new yellow laser developed as part of an industry/Macquarie University collaborative research project will improve the treatment of many common medical problems - from unwanted veins in the legs to glaucoma in the eyes.
Macquarie Researcher - January 2002
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