OptoFab ÐÂÀ˲ÊƱ

Optofab ÐÂÀ˲ÊƱ, located in The Braggs building, offers fabrication services for custom optical glass with unique properties, extrusion capabilities for specialised preforms for optical fibres, and fibre drawing capabilities for glass, silica, and polymers, including microstructured fibres.

ÐÂÀ˲ÊƱ has a rare combination of glass science and fibre fabrication research facilities and expertise, which has enabled the realisation of fibres with unique and novel properties. Optofab ÐÂÀ˲ÊƱ also provides complex and precise machining services. Its additive and subtractive manufacturing capabilities allow the creation of glass, polymer and high-strength metal parts with complex shapes and geometries tailored to specific performance requirements.Ìý

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Our Capabilities

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Australian National Fabrication Facility (ANFF)

Established under the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy, the Ìýlinks 8 university-based nodes to provide researchers and industry with access to state-of-the-art fabrication facilities.

The capability provided by ANFF enables users to process hard materials (metals, composites and ceramics) and soft materials (polymers and polymer-biological moieties) and transform these into structures that have applications in sensors, medical devices, nanophotonics and nanoelectronics.

  • The nodes

    The nodes, which are located across Australia, draw on existing infrastructure and expertise.

    Each offers a specific area of expertise including advanced materials, nanoelectronics and photonics and bio nano applications.

    Our commitment to providing a world-class user facility is underpinned by the sharing of best practice in service provision across the nodes.

  • The ANFF difference

    Of course, opening the doors to world-class infrastructure is only the first step. Without dedicated staff to support access, your potential breakthrough research remains just an idea.

    Each ANFF node has experts on hand to assist researchers, experienced in meeting user requirements and maintaining leading-edge instrumentation. In fact, over 60 technical staff positions are funded through the program.

    Researchers are able to either work at the node under expert guidance, or to contract for specialised products to be fabricated at a reasonable cost.

  • Optofab node of ANFF

    Optofab offers specialist facilities and dedicated staff that are on hand to provide services and technical support to users