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There will be five research centres in the institute, looking atareas such as creating specialty optical fibre and improvingenergy efficiency in areas such as LED lighting.
SINGAPORE: A new photonics institute was launched at NanyangTechnological University (NTU) on Thursday (Oct 30) - and with it,promises of breakthrough innovations that could impact theInternet, lighting and high-precision instruments.
The 4,000-square-metre institute is touted to be one of the largestin the world, and comprises five different research centres relatedto the fields of photonics and optics. It received more than S$100million in funding from industry partners and various nationalagencies such as the Agency for Science, Technology andResearch (A*STAR), DSO National Laboratories and the EconomicDevelopment Board (EDB).
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Minister of State for Trade and Industry Teo Ser Luck given a tour around thenew photonics institute at Nanyang Technological University. (Photo: Loke KokFai)
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A researcher operating a Modified Chemical VapourDeposition lathe, which is used to make preforms thatwill be turned into glass fibres for optic cables. (Photo:
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One of the five research centres is the Centre for Optical FibreTechnology (COFT), set up in partnership with the University ofSouthampton. It will develop technologies in specialty optical fibre,with possible applications in areas such as Internetcommunications, manufacturing, sensors, biomedical and themilitary.
Another centre is the LUMINOUS! Centre for Excellence forSemiconductor Lighting and Displays, which will conduct researchon ways to balance energy efficiency with sustained quality of light.The findings could then be applied in areas such as LED lightingand mobile and computer screens.
The other three centres are the Centre for Disruptive PhotonicTechnologies (CDPT), the Centre for Optical and Lasers inEngineering (COLE) and the OPTIMUS! Photonic Centre ofExcellence.
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