Diode-pumped solid-state lasers
I have experience of developing lasers and laser amplifiers based on solid-state gain media, in a variety of output formats. These include Nd-doped lasers operating around 1μm and 1.3μm, and broadly tunable Cr-doped lasers. These have been demonstrated with continuous-wave, Q-switched and modelocked outputs. Emphasis has been placed on high power and high energy operation.
Nonlinear Optics
I have experience of frequency mixing and other nonlinear (and related) processes based on both χ(2) and χ(3) nonlinearities.
Laser applications
Remote sensing, spectroscopy, biomedical imaging, materials processing, quantum technology.
Collaborators
Dr Valentin Petrov, Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy, 2016
Prof Takashige Omatsu, Chiba University, Japan
Guest Lectures
High power and high energy diode-pumped alexandrite lasers, The European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, Munich, Germany, 2017
Next-generation laser sources to image the health of our planet, Imperial College High Performance Computing Summer School, London, UK, 2016
Progress in diode-pumped Alexandrite lasers: status and futurepotential, Advanced Laser Technology Conference, Galway, Ireland, 2016
Imaging the Health of our Planet, World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of the New Champions, Tianjin, China, 2016
Next generation space and airborne laser technology, SpaceLab Plenary Session, 2015
Progress in diode-pumped Alexandrite lasers, Heriot-Watt, Annual RAEng / Selex ES research chair seminar on laser device physics and engineering, 2015
Diode-pumped solid-state lasers: revisiting old friends, Imperial College London, Photonics Seminar Series, 2014
High power modelocking of lasers using a nonlinear mirror, Imperial College London, Photonics Seminar Series, 2011