About Photonics Online
CUDOS specialises in the science of light, also known as Photonics.
This page contains a collection of online resources about Photonics.
What wikipedia say about photonics and optics.
Sydney's Powerhouse Museum presents information on the creation of the Photonics industry in Australia. (Australian Innovation)
The Australian Centre for Space Photonics has a nice summary on why laser's are good for communications.
Photonics and the HSC syllabus: See this page on Design and Technology (Innovation and emerging technologies) hosted by Charles Sturt University.
The World Communicates: A site developed to match a module in the NSW High School Science Curriculum as a CUDOS initiative.
SPIE
"an international society advancing an interdisciplinary approach to the science and application of light"
- Free CDs & Videos, including "Optics: Light at Work" which can be viewed online at YouTube here:
Part 1
Part 2
- Some other good links are provided in the "Teaching Tools" section
OSA
"where science and technology innovators in optics and photonics come together"
Optics for kids - lots of experiments!
- Some good links on the left ("Youth Educational Resources")
A module on Photonics at the Questacon.A module on "Light and Optics" by Steve Beeson.
Some information on Photonics put together at Swinburne University.
An article on Photonics in Australia and the key players by CUDOS Advisory Board Member and photonics legend Rod Tucker.
An old (but still good) web site on light and communications put together by an earlier photonics group in Sydney.
A technical dictionary of Photonics terms.
A Technology Trends talk by Vijay Sivaraman speaks about "The Future of Optical Networks". The slides are available here.
Physics games at nobelprize.org including great info on integrated circuits and lasers.
Physlets: Web Based Interactive Physics Problems courtesy of iLumina
Physclips by the School of Physics at UNSW contains multimedia Physics resources.