Bromley Research

Other research

Info on a couple of other research projects that i've been involved in

Computational/Experimental Optical Physics

February 1997 - December 1997
Honours (4th year) Project at The University of Melbourne
Department of Physics, Optics Research Group
Supervisors: Dr. Ann Roberts and Dr. Mark von Bibra
Researching: Ion Implanted Buried Channel Optical Waveguides in Silica
Skills:

• Waveguide and optical device fabrication using high-energy Ion Beam (Pelletron)
• Laser characterisation of waveguide profiles using a CCD array
• Computational Modelling of waveguide profiles
• Programming in Fortran77 / IDL on Digital Alphastations

Research Overview: Using a high-energy ion beam to bombard silica enables the fabrication of buried channel optical waveguides. This project used estimated refractive index profiles of previously fabricated waveguides to extend a numerical computer model and calculate the expected optical intensity of such waveguides.  These results were compared with the corresponding experimentally measured intensity distributions.  The fabrication of optical devices (eg y-junctions) formed by scanning the ion beam in different patterns across the silica surface were also investigated. Results: Honours Report

Experimental Atomic Physics

December 1995 - February 1996
Australian National University Summer Vacation Scholarship
RSPhysSE, Dept. of Atomic & Molecular Physics, Electron Physics Group
Supervisors: Dr. Stephen Buckman and Dr. Markus Jacka
Researching: Electron Scattering from laser-excited metastable helium
Skills:  High vacuum systems, electron scattering chambers and electronics Research Overview: A 3-month ‘first taste’ of research. Involved assisting in the installation of a new electron detector into a crossed-beam electron scattering apparatus.