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Monash University researchers have scooped the pool of prizes, including the $100,000 Peter Doherty Prize for Innovation, at the Commercialisation Expo 2006, for their work in faster optical communications.
Professor Arthur Lowery and associate professor Jean Armstrong, from the Faculty of Engineering have developed the Optical OFDM. According to the University it is the optical equivalent of ADSL and uses similar technology to enable existing fibres to carry four times the data over longer distances without the need for modification or new infrastructure.
The Peter Doherty prize recognised the Optical OFDM technology as the most outstanding commercialisation opportunity submitted to the Commercialisation Expo 2006. Also, Lowery and Armstrong were awarded the sectoral $20,000 ICT prize and the $US4000 ANZA Technology Network Award.
The OFDM technology was one of 11 short-listed projects reviewed by an independent panel chaired by Mike Hirshorn, CEO, Nanyang Ventures.
According to the University, "The Optical OFDM technology automatically configures itself to the optimum bandwidth of existing optical fibres. While conventional systems transmit on a single frequency, Optical OFDM transmits many parallel frequencies more slowly, but all at the same time. It is applicable to both optical fibre and infrared wireless systems."
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