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AOS News Volume 25 Number 1 2011Senator Kim Carr officially launchedCUDOS on April 6 2011.used in a terrorist threat, environmentalpollutants or disease.”“This has enormous implications forthe nation’s border security in areas likeCustoms and Quarantine. The technologybeing developed will also help to maintainour envied reputation for providingclean, green, disease-free products and,importantly, will help to ensure that exoticdiseases do not become established inAustralia,” Senator Carr said.CUDOS has an exciting andchallenging 7 years ahead. Our futuresuccess lies in our collaborations, ourvision, our cross-platform research andour talented researchers and students.I also look forward to our ongoingassociation with and involvement in theAustralian Optical Society.Professor Ben Eggleton isDirector of CUDOS. For moreinformation on CUDOS visit,www.cudos.org.au.CUDOS was officially launched on 6 April2011. Professor Ben Eggleton, Director ofCUDOS, is in foreground, with front row(l-r): Professor Trevor Hambley, Dean ofScience; Professor Margaret Sheil, CEOof the ARC; Senator Kim Carr, FederalMinister for Innovation, Industry, Scienceand Research; Professor Stephen Garton,Acting VC and Provost; Professor JillTrewhella, DVC (Research); Dr GregClark, Chairman of CUDOS AdvisoryBoard; and Professor Clive Baldock, Headof School of Physics.Product NewsOptical Fiber Polarization Controller from oemarket.comThis polarization controller has threeadjustable paddles to induce the change ofbirefringence of the fiber. The design is basedon three wave plates with fixed retardationand variable orientation angles to controlthe state of polarization. Complete Poincaresphere coverage is achieved by adjusting theangles of the three easy-to-adjust paddles.This polarization controller can be usedto convert elliptically polarized light ina single mode fiber into another state ofpolarization, including linearly polarizedlight.Both 0.9mm and 3mm jacketed fibers areavailable for this product.40 Channel 100GHz AWG Module from oemarket.comThis module is a high performance DWDMmux/demux product based on silicaon-siliconplanar technology (AWG orarrayed waveguide gratings). It has a uniqueathermal packaging design that achievestemperature compensation passively withno requirement on electrical control. It isa completely passive module that has highstability and reliability.This module has 100GHz channel spacingand performs 40 channel multiplexing ordemultiplexing at the ITU wavelengths inC or L bands. It offers a combination oflow optical insertion loss and high channelisolation along with long term reliabilityand low cost per channelEach channel has broad Gaussian spectralresponse. Customized frequency grids,fiber types and connectorisation optionsare also available. Input and output fibers,such as SM fibers, MM fibers and PMfiber can also be customized to meet specialrequirements.Contact: sales@oemarket.com or Visit www.oemarket.com35