Congratulations to Professor Stuart Jackson, Dr Yiqing Lu, Hon. Professor Graham Town and Professor Simon Clark for their success in this year's ARCDP round!

DP210102442 - $524,000.00 - Professor Stuart Jackson; Professor Heike Ebendorff-Heidepriem; Dr Yiqing Lu

Laser emission at the limit of glass transparency using nanocrystal doping. We will create a new composite glass providing strong fluorescence which fully exploits the high transmission of glass in the mid-infrared. When combined with emerging rare earth ion transitions and precise excitation processes, this project will help solve an important problem in optics; that the overall efficiency and power produced from deep mid-infrared light sources is not sufficient for all industries. The primary outcome will be a series of robust fibre-based gain modules suitable for high power and very short optical pulses in the mid-infrared. These light sources will beneficially impact medicine, defence, sensing and manufacturing providing excellent opportunities for increasing Australian productivity and global competitiveness.

DP210102294 - $424,009.00 - Dr Georgios Konstantinou; Hon. Professor Graham Town

Medium voltage DC: Enabling active, flexible and efficient power networks. Medium voltage DC (MVDC) systems promise to offer the required flexibility in next generation active electricity networks to enable higher renewable energy integration, take advantage of more readily available energy storage, and manifest simpler control and operation. The intended outcome of the Project is to address the challenge of developing MVDC networks via an integrated and cohesive approach, from the initial design of the individual power electronics converters, right up to network design and "system of systems" implementation. The outcomes of the Project will provide clear pathways and solutions for new topologies, facilitating Australia’s and the world’s transition to next generation electricity infrastructure.

DP210101268 - $420,000.00 - Professor Dorrit Jacob; Professor Stephen Eggins; Professor Simon Clark

Maximising accuracy and reliability of carbonate climate proxy archives. This project brings together expertise and cutting-edge methodology from different disciplines to identify the controls on the compositions of the shells and skeletons of marine organisms. The compositions of these materials are essential tools to reconstruct environmental conditions before modern climate records began. However, recent insights into how they form profoundly complicate and affect their interpretations. The results will enable us to develop new, realistic models for the behaviour of chemical elements in these materials. This will significantly improve paleoclimate interpretations and provide critical benefit for protecting Australia’s marine resources in the future.