Ultra-precision cutting and polishing machines for fabricating high-Q crystalline resonators

拟议中的设施将使澳大利亚的研究人员具备加工和抛光光学晶体材料的能力，使其达到原子级别的光洁度。这项技术的可用性将使超灵敏的计量传感器、最先进的光子元件和量子器件的制造成为可能。精密计量是许多行业不可或缺的组成部分，它支撑着现代技术先进的社会。有了这个设施，澳大利亚的研究人员将在制造广泛的工业和研究应用的光学晶体器件方面领先世界。

The proposed facility will equip Australian researchers with the capability to machine and polish optical crystalline materials down to atomic-level smoothness. The availability of this technology will enable the fabrication of ultra-sensitive metrological sensors, state-of-the-art photonic components, and quantum devices. Precision metrology is an integral component of many industries and it underpins a modern, technically advanced society. With this facility Australian researchers will lead the world in the fabrication of optical crystalline devices for a broad range of industrial and research applications.