Dodd-Walls Centre

Dodd-Walls Centre (English)
Te Whai Ao (Māori)
Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies
Formation1 January 2015
TypePhysics research institute
HeadquartersDunedin, New Zealand
Director
Frédérique Vanholsbeeck
AffiliationsUniversity of Otago
Staff
220
Websitedoddwalls.ac.nz

The Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies (Māori: Te Whai Ao[1]) is a New Zealand Centre of Research Excellence, established in 2015, hosted by the University of Otago, and composed of researchers in six New Zealand universities as well as partner institutions in the US, United Kingdom, and Singapore. It does fundamental research on the quantum nature of matter, the physics and optics of light, and the manipulation of individual photons. New knowledge and applications are commercialised for industries including agritech, medicine, and civil engineering.

  1. ^ "Dunedin light research centre given Māori name". NZ Herald. Retrieved 12 March 2023.