5月8-9日，澳大利亚麦考瑞大学光电中心主任Michael Withford教授访问长春光机所。

在所期间，Michael Withford听取了长春光机所所情介绍后，做了题为“Ultrafast laser written glass photonics: the challenges and opportunities”的学术报告，并向长春光机所的科研人员介绍了澳大利亚麦考瑞大学光电中心。他高度评价了长春光机所在中国光学以及世界光学方面做出的突出贡献。

Withford教授还参观了长春光机所光学技术中心、发光学及应用国家重点实验室。他表示长春光机所一流的设备、高效的运行管理和结构合理的人才队伍给他留下了深刻的印象，他将积极开展与长春光机所在科研与研究生培养等方面的合作。

在所期间，适逢澳大利亚驻华公使衔参赞Cathryn Hlavka女士一行来访长春光机所，Withford教授欣然接受邀请参加了长春光机所与澳大利亚驻华公使衔参赞的会议，并在会议上积极地给出了双方合作的建议。

个人简介： Prof. Withford was awarded a PhD from Macquarie University in 1995 for his investigations developing high power metal vapour lasers. His current research activities range from laser device development, laser applications, microphotonics, astrophotonics and quantum photonics. Dr. Withford is currently the Director for the MQ Photonics Research Centre, which includes >30 research staff and >30 postgraduate students. He also leads both the Macquarie University node of Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence: Ultrahigh-bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (CUDOS) and the OptoFab Node of the Australian National Fabrication Facility. He has over 200 publications (including over 100 refereed journal papers) and several patents in the field of photonics.