New classes of optical fibres are rapidly emerging that allow fibres to be used well beyond their established role in data transmission and into applications in a broad range of areas including sensing, biology, medicine, defence and optical data processing. These developments have been enabled by research in a diverse range of areas including physics, materials science, process engineering and fluid mechanics. Recent progress in a range of areas will be reviewed. In particular, the use of tiny air holes to modify the propagation of light will be described. Three different versions of the talk will be given at different locations on the same day; please see the flyer for more details.

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Flyer for Prof Monro's talk (pdf - 75.74 KB)