Optofab is a facility funded by the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS), specialising in optical fibre, glass and functional optical materials production.

Optofab facilities in APSB specialises in optical fibre, glass and functional optical materials production. The range of key services offered include:

• Soft glass fabrication
• Soft and hard glass and polymer preform extrusion
• Doped silica preform fabrication
• Soft glass fibre drawing, including microstructured fibres
• Silica fibre drawing, including microstructured fibres
• Surface functionalisation of glasses and fibres
• DMG DMU-20 Linear Ultrasonic, 5-axis milling machine with ultrasonic milling capability for machining of glass, ceramics and metals
• 3D printing - metals and ceramics