Shelston IP congratulates its valued client Finisar Australia on being the recipient of the Prime Minister's Prize for Innovation. The team at Finisar, which included Dr Simon Poole, Mr Andrew Bartos, Dr Glenn Baxter and Dr Steven Frisken, were awarded the prize at a ceremony on 17 October 2018 for their development of wavelength selective optical switches in the early 2000s. The switches use a dispersive prism to separate different colours of light and a liquid crystal on silicon chip to switch the different colours between optical fibres. The optical switches are now in use across the globe and have helped to increase the capacity and reliability of communications networks.
Shelston IP is proud to have assisted Finisar with the protection of their IP around the wavelength selective switch technology and many other inventions.
More details on the Prime Minister's Prize for Innovation can be found here: https://www.industry.gov.au/data-and-publications/prime-ministers-prizes-for-science-2018-recipient-citations .