Confidential Francis H. Bennet Mt. Stromlo Observatory Ph: +61 2 6125 9076 Australian National University Ph: (AH) Cotter Road E-mail: francis.bennet@anu.edu.au Weston Creek web: http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/∼fbennet/ Research School of Astronomy and Astro- physics Contact Information Australia, GermanyCitizenship Research Interests I am currently developing adaptive optics with the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the ANU, as part of our partnership with the Giant Magellan Telescope project. This work also includes the development of an adaptive optics demonstrator in partnership with Electro-Optic Systems (EOS). My current research interests include adaptive optics, astrophotonics, astrophysics, materials and met- allurgical sciences, laser physics, meteorology and aeronautics. I also have great interest and experience in programming applications and for scientific purpose. I enjoy teaching and tutoring students in areas of my study and work, including lab demonstration, creation, and lab tours for secondary and tertiary students. Education Ph.D., Physics (awarded August 2011) • Thesis Topic: Light Propagation in Tunable Nonlinear Periodic Photonic Structures • Supervisor: Dr. Dragomir N. Neshev • Area of Study: Nonlinear Optics Bachelor of Science (Honours) First Class, Physics, December 2007 • Thesis Topic: Nonlinearity in temperature tuned liquid infiltrated photonic crystal fibres • Supervisor: Dr. Dragomir N. Neshev • Area of Study: Nonlinear Optics • Undergraduate statement of results available on request The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, AustraliaAcademic Experience Teaching Assistant January 2010 to June 2010 • Instructor for laboratory component of second year physics subjects: Quan- tum Mechanics, and Thermal and Statistical Physics • Assist students with equipment and concepts while they perform labora- tory experiments • Evaluate and mark student lab books each session • Mark formal lab reports submitted by students for each lab completed August 2010 to November 2010 • Instructor for laboratory component of second year physics subject: Waves and Optics • Assist students with equipment and concepts while they perform labora- tory experiments • Evaluate and mark student lab books each session • Mark formal lab reports submitted by students for each lab completed Student Project Supervisor February 2008 to July 2008 • Supervisor for PhB student project • Provide student with unique and challenging project • Instruct student with laboratory safety and procedures 1 of 6 Confidential • Assist student with concepts and laboratory techniques • Provide feedback on student report and short presentation • Involve student with journal publication procedures and results December 2008 to February 2009 • Supervisor for student summer project • Provide student with unique and challenging project • Instruct student with laboratory safety and procedures • Assist student with concepts and laboratory techniques • Provide feedback on student report and short presentation • Involve student with conference proceeding publication procedures and results January 2011 to February 2011 • Creation of 3rd year Physics laboratory exercises- Nonlinear optics and Laser design • Utilise existing equipment to provide a new and interesting laboratory exercise in Nonlinear Optics • Consider student backgrounds and expected competency to provide ap- propriate theoretical material for students to perform the experiments and understand the outcomes • Create self contained lab manual for deployment in the course, including introducing all relevant material, safety precautions, and outcomes • Train other demonstrators in the use of equipment and procedures for the lab Optical Physicist August 2011 - ongoing • Develop adaptive optic systems for the Giant Magellan Telescope • Utilise simulation tools to develop and optimise design parameters to meet requirements of the laser tomography adaptive optics system for the Giant Magellan Telescope • Develop simulation tools to analyse performance of adapt optics design for the Giant Magellan Telescope • Develop adaptive optics for space debris tracking • Utilise simulation tools to design and optimise adaptive optic design • Develop algorithms for realtime system controlling adaptive optic compo- nents • Procure and assemble optical pieces for lab testing • Develop lab simulation of final system to test components • Assist optical and mechanical engineers with final system design • Assemble and integrate final system into existing telescope infrastructure 2 of 6 Confidential C. R. Rosberg, F. H. Bennet, D. N. Neshev, P. D. Rasmussen, O. Bang, W. Kro- likowski, A. Bjarklev, and Y. S. Kivshar,“Tunable diffraction and self-defocusing in liquid-filled photonic crystal bers”, Opt. Express, 15, 12145-12150, (2007) V. E. Lobanov , A. A. Kalinovich , A. P. Sukhorukov , F. Bennet and D. Neshev “Nonlinear reflection of optical beams in the media with a thermal nonlinearity”, Laser Phys., 19, 1112-1116, (2009) P. D. Rasmussen, F. H. Bennet, D. N. Neshev, A A. Sukhorukov, C. R. Rosberg, W. Krolikowski, O. Bang, and Y. S. Kivshar, “Observation of two-dimensional nonlocal gap solitons”, Opt. Lett., 34, 295-297, (2009) F. H. Bennet and J. Farnell, “Waveguide Arrays in Selectively Infiltrated Photonic Crystal Fibres” Opt. Comm., 283, 4096-4073, (2010) F. H. Bennet, I. A. Amuli, A. A. Sukhorukov, W. Krolikowski, D. N. Neshev, and Y. S. Kivshar“Focusing to defocusing crossover in nonlinear periodic structures” Opt. Lett., 35. 3213-3215, (2010) F. H. Bennet, T. J. Alexander, F. Haslinger, A. Mitchell, D. N. Neshev, Y. S. Kivshar “Observation of nonlinear self-trapping of broad beams in defocusing waveguide arrays” Phys. Rev. Lett., 106, 093901, (2011) E. Zeller, F. H. Bennet, D. N. Neshev and A. Mitchell “Laminated Air Structured and Fluid Infiltrated Polymer Waveguides” Photon. Tech. Lett., 23, 1564-1566 (2011). F. H. Bennet, M. Molina “Nonlinear light localization around the core of a ‘holey’ fiber” JOSA B, 29, 2161-2165, (2012). Conan, R, Bennet, F, Bouchez, A et al, “The giant magellan telescope laser to- mography adaptive optics system”, Adaptive Optics Systems III, ed. Brent L. Ellerbroek, Enrico Marchetti, Jean-Pierre Vacran, SPIE - The International Soci- ety for Optical Engineering, Amsterdam 2012. Bennet, F, Conan, R, D’Orgeville, C et al, “Adaptive optics for laser space debris removal”, Adaptive Optics Systems III, ed. Brent L. Ellerbroek, Enrico Marchetti, Jean-Pierre Veran, SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Am- sterdam 2012. Bouchez, A, Acton, D, Arcidiacono, C, Agapito, G, Bennet, F, et al, “The Giant Magellan Telescope adaptive optics program”, Adaptive Optics Systems III, ed. Brent L. Ellerbroek, Enrico Marchetti, Jean-Pierre Veran, SPIE - The Interna- tional Society for Optical Engineering, Amsterdam 2012. Bennet, F, K. Uhlendorf, R. Gardhouse, et al, “Integrated Optic Segment Piston Sensor for the GMT”, Proceedings of the Third AO4ELT Conference, ed. Simone Esposito and Luca Finieds. Firenze, 2013 R. Conan, F. Bennet, A. Bouchez, et al. , “The Giant Magellan Telescope Laser Tomography Adaptive Optics System”, Proceedings of the Third AO4ELT Con- ference, ed. Simone Esposito and Luca Finieds. Firenze, 2013 Publications 3 of 6 Confidential 2007 F. H. Bennet, C. R. Rosberg, D N. Neshev, P. D. Rasmussen, O. Bang, W. Z. Krolikowski, A. O. Bjarklev, Y. S. Kivshar, “Temporal nonlinear beam dynam- ics in infiltrated photonic-crystal fibers” SPIE Symposium on Microelectronics, MEMS, and Nanotechnology 5-7 December 2007 Australian National University 2007 Paper Number: 6801-60 (Poster and manuscript) 2008 F. H. Bennet, C. R. Rosberg, P. D. Rasmussen, A. A. Sukhorukov, O. Bang, D. N. Neshev, W. Krolikowski, Y. S. Kivhsar, “Nonlocal gap soliton in liquid infiltrated photonic crystal fibres”, ACOFT, Sydeny 2008 (Poster) F. H. Bennet, P. D. Rasmussen, C. R. Rosberg, A. A. Sukhorukov, O. Bang, D. N. Neshev, W. Krolikowski, Y. S. Kivhsar, “Nonlocal Gap Solitons in Infiltrated Photonic Crystal Fibres”, Frontiers in Optics, Rochester, NY, USA 2008 (Oral Presentation) F. H. Bennet, J. Farnel, P. D. Rasmussen, A. A. Sukhorukov, O. Bang, W. Kro- likowski, D. N. Neshev, Y. S. Kivshar, “Nonlocal Gap Solitons in Fully and Selec- tively Liquid Infiltrated Photonic Crystal Fibres”, Australian Institute of Physics annual Congress, Adelaide 2008 (Oral Presentation). 2009 F. H. Bennet, E. Zeller, T. Larter, A. Mitchell, D. N. Neshev, Y. S. Kivhsar, “Light propagation in novel fluid infiltrated polymer waveguide arrays”, CLEO Europe, Germany 2009 (Poster) E. Zeller, F. H. Bennet, D. N. Neshev, W. Krolikowski, Y. S. Kivhsar, A. Mitchell, “Planar fluid infiltrated waveguide arrays in SU8 epoxy”, ACOFT, Adelaide 2009 (Oral Presentation) F. H. Bennet, I. A. Amuli, D. N. Neshev, A. A. Sukhorukov, W. Krolikowski, Y. S. Kivshar, “Observation of focusing to defocusing crossover in nonlinear two- dimensional periodic structures”, ACOFT, Adelaide 2009 (Poster) F. H. Bennet, P. D. Rasmussen. A. A. Sukhorukov, O. Bang, E. Zeller, A. Mitchell, D. N. Neshev, W. Krolikowski, Y. S. Kivhsar, “Nonlocality in infiltrated 1D and 2D periodic structures”, PECS, Sydney 2009 (Poster) 2010 F. H. Bennet, I. A. Amuli, D. N. Neshev, A. A. Sukhorukov, W. Krolikowski, Y. S. Kivshar “Switching from nonlinear beam focusing to defocusing in periodic structures”, CLEO US, San Jose, CA, USA 2010 (Oral Presentation) F H. Bennet, T. J. Alexander, F. Haslinger, A. Mitchell, D. N. Neshev and Y. S. Kivshar, “Observation of truncated bloch wave solitons in LiNbO3 waveguide arrays”, Australian Institute of Physics Congress, Melbourne 2010 (Oral Presen- tation) 2011 F H. Bennet, T. J. Alexander, F. Haslinger, A. Mitchell, D. N. Neshev and Y. S. Kivshar, “Nonlinear self-trapping of broad beams in lithium niobate waveguide arrays”, CLEO US, Baltimore, ML, USA 2011 (Oral Presentation) F H. Bennet, T. J. Alexander, F. Haslinger, A. Mitchell, D. N. Neshev and Y. S. Kivshar, “Self-trapping of broad beams in defocusing nonlinear Lithium Niobate waveguide arrays”, CLEO Europe, Mu¨nich, Germany, 2011 (Oral Presentation) Conference Proceedings 4 of 6 Confidential 2012 Conan, R, Bennet, F, Bouchez, A et al, “The giant magellan telescope laser to- mography adaptive optics system”, Adaptive Optics Systems III, Amsterdam 2012 (Poster) Bennet, F, Conan, R, D’Orgeville, C et al, “Adaptive optics for laser space debris removal”, Adaptive Optics Systems III, Amsterdam 2012 (Poster) Bouchez, A, Acton, D, Arcidiacono, C et al, “The Giant Magellan Telescope adaptive optics program”, Adaptive Optics Systems III, Amsterdam 2012 (Oral Presenta- tion) R. Conan, M. A. van Dam, B. Espeland, K. Uhlendorf, P. Piatrou, Bennet, F and A. Bouchez, “Laser Tomography Adaptive Optics System for the Giant Magellan Telescope’, Australian Institute of Physics annual Congress, Sydney 2012 (Oral Presnetation) Bennet, F, R Conan, C DOrgeville, et al, “Adaptive Optics Demonstrator for Precision Laser Tracking and Orbital Modification of Space Debris”, Australian Institute of Physics annual Congress, Sydney 2012 (Poster) 2013 Bennet, F, K. Uhlendorf, R. Gardhouse, et al, “Integrated Optic Segment Piston Sensor for the GMT”, Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescope 3, Florence 2013 (Poster) R. Conan, F. Bennet, A. Bouchez, et al. , “The Giant Magellan Telescope Laser Tomography Adaptive Optics System”, Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Tele- scope 3, Florence 2013 (Oral Presentation) Technical Skills Experimental Optics • Extensive laboratory skills in linear and nonlinear optics, including typical equipment in an optics lab • Laser safety and operation (certified Australian National University 2006) • Common optical equipment alignment and use (mirrors, lenses, wave plates, beamsplitters etc.) • Common electrical equipment use and recording data (CCD/CMOS cam- eras, power meter, oscilloscope, spectrometer, beam profiler, power supply, etc.) • Common optical devices and setups (interferometers, z-scan nonlinear measurement, etc.) • Uncommon laboratory equipment use and alignment (spatial light modu- lator, refractometer) • Data acquisition and processing • Data acquisition and processing (manual recording, images, other data types etc.) • Automated data acquisition and processing (MATLAB) Theoretical Optics • Analytical and numerical optical models • Analytical beam propagation through geometric optics • Numerical solution for first and second order ODE and PDEs, e.g. non- linear Schro¨dinger equation (Fourier method, written in MATLAB) Programming • Languages • Scripting (bash, PHP) • Markup (HTML, CSS, XML, LATEX) 5 of 6 Confidential • C, C++, Objective-C (Apple Cocoa, Apple iOS) • Java, JavaScript • MATLAB • Fortran • OpenGL, OpenCL Technical Experience Honours Research Project Australian National University February 2007 to December 2007 • Research project for honours in Physics • Plan and execute independent new research • Collaborate and plan experimental research • Present results to international conference and publish a journal article PhD Australian National University January 2008 to February 2011 • Research project for PhD in Physics • Plan and execute independent novel research • Collaborate and exchange ideas for new research directions with interna- tional colleagues • Collaborate and plan research projects with national and international colleagues • Network and discuss possible collaboration with other research bodies at conferences • Present key results at local and international conferences • Publish key results in high profile journals • Conduct ethical research to a professional and responsible standard • Develop, conduct and publish research independent of supervisors • Manage shared lab equipment and purchase within budget for new equip- ment Optical Physicist Australian National University August 2011 (current) • Adaptive Optics: Giant Magellan Telescope • Plan and execute independent novel research individually and as part of a team • Meet engineering specifications and guidelines • Conduct and present research in a competitive environment • Collaborate and exchange ideas for new research directions with interna- tional colleagues • Collaborate and plan research projects with national and international colleagues • Network and discuss possible collaboration with other research bodies at conferences • Present key results at local and international conferences • Publish key results in high profile journals • Conduct ethical research to a professional and responsible standard Available upon requestReferences 6 of 6