Upgrade key fabrication equipment for specialty fibre and device research and development

澳大利亚在信息和通信、激光、光子传感和诊断等领域的使能技术仍然处于世界领先地位。支撑其中很大一部分的是新南威尔士大学和悉尼大学的关键骨干设施。国际上的光纤研究正在朝着新的方向发展，为了让澳大利亚继续保持领先地位，必须提供新一代结构化光纤的专用设施，这些光纤的影响已经比传统光纤大得多。新南威尔士大学的升级将使澳大利亚继续保持领先地位，并为将依赖这些核心技术的新行业引入教育和职业培训。

Australia remains a world leader in enabling technologies spanning information and communication, lasers, photonic sensing and diagnostics and much more. Underpinning much of this have been key backbone facilities at UNSW and at Sydney. Optical fibre research internationally is moving in new directions and for Australia to continue its leadership role, dedicated facilities for new generation structured optical fibres, which are already impacting much more significantly than conventional fibres, must be available. The upgrade at UNSW will position Australia to continue its leadership and introduce educational and vocational training for the new industries that will depend on these core technologies.