Dr Boris Kuhlmey

E-mail: borisk@physics.usyd.edu.au

Bio: Boris Kuhlmey was awarded a PhD jointly by the Université Aix Marseille III, France, and the School of Physics, University of Sydney, Australia, in 2003. During his PhD, he co-developed the multipole method for microstructured optical fibres (MOFs), and used it for theoretical and numerical studies of the physics of MOFs, their dispersion and cutoff properties. In October 2003 he joined the ARC Centre for Ultrahigh-bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (CUDOS) at the University of Sydney, where he works on the modelling and understanding of MOFs, especially tapered MOFs and the ARROW mechanism. He is the author of the “CUDOS MOF Utilities,” the first software for the simulation of microstructured optical fibres available free of charge on the internet, and co-authored the book “Foundations of Photonic Crystal Fibres.” He recently was awarded a discovery project grant from the Australian Research Council to investigate how the ARROW model of MOFs can be extended to better understand MOF guidance and improve MOF designs.