COMBS Summer School: Building literacy in optical frequency combs beyond our Centre

COMBS Summer School: Building literacy in optical frequency combs beyond our Centre

Within our Centre and in the broader photonics community, very few people have experience with optical frequency combs, let alone microcombs.

Following the Australian and New Zealand Conference on Optics and Photonics in
Auckland in December 2025 – where we showcased a working microcomb – we ran our inaugural COMBS Mini Summer School with more than 85 attendees.

In partnership with the Dodd-Walls Centre, five COMBS speakers covered optical frequency comb fundamentals, applications, and a hands-on demonstration.

Each of these lectures were recorded and are available to watch on the COMBS YouTube channel.

Summer School speaker program:

• Scott Diddams from University of Colorado Boulder
• Martijn de Sterke from University of Sydney
• Stephane Coen from University of Auckland
• Irina Kabakova from University of Technology Sydney
• Bill Corcoran from Monash University