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Laser Physics and Photonics Devices Laboratory
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Laser and non-linear physics
Fibre based sensors (humidity, chemical, vibration/acoustic, force/torque)
Guided wave lasers including planar and fibre geometries
Optical fibre design and glass fabrication
High power fibre lasers
Lasers for field deployment (spectroscopy and electronic warfare)
Frequency combs
Femtosecond laser micromachining
Non-linear frequency conversion
Theory and modelling of non-linear optical phenomena
Measurement of material non-linearity and dispersion.
Application areas include
Defence
Mining
Medical devices
Ophthalmic
Communications
Minerals exploration.
Capabilities of the LPPDL
Laser development and characterisation including spectral, power, temporal and spatial covering the visible through to the mid-infrared
Optical fibre cleaving and splicing
Glass waveguide fabrication/ FBG inscription, including an ultra-fast femtosecond system (four-axis air-bearing CNC stages, Imra fs laser); diamond-saw CNC; waveguide polishing
Materials spectral characterisation, high resolution optical microscope.
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