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Wavelength and Polarisation Dependence of Dynamic Pump-Induced Loss in Titanium:Sapphire (Conference Presentation/Paper)
N. Simpson, M. Lee, and A.J. Kemp
in Laser Congress 2023 (ASSL), OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society of America, 2023), paper AW1A.6.
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Time-resolved Raman spectrometer with high fluorescence rejection based on a CMOS SPAD line sensor and a 573 nm pulsed laser
T. Talala, V.A. Kaikkonen, P. Keränen, J. Nikkinen, A. Härkönen, V.G. Savitski, S. Reilly, Ł. Dziechciarczyk, A.J. Kemp, M. Mircea, A.J. Mäkynen, and I. Nissinen
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement vol. 70, Art no. 6004110 (2021).
https://doi.org/10.1109/TIM.2021.3054679
Stability of Q-switched 2 µm lasers
J. Brooks, G.M. Bonner, A.J. Kemp, and D.J.M. Stothard
OSA Continuum 3, 568-579 (2020).
https://doi.org/10.1364/OSAC.389477
Titanium Sapphire: A Decade of Diode-Laser Pumping (conference paper)
J.C.E. Coyle, J-M. Hopkins, A.A. Lagatsky and A.J. Kemp
2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC), Munich, Germany, 2019, pp. 1-1.
https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2019.8872912
9 W average power, 150 kHz repetition rate diamond Raman laser at 1519 nm, pumped by a Yb fibre amplifier (conference presentation)
Ł. Dziechciarczyk Z. Huang, G. Demetriou, D. Cheng, S. Pidishety, Y. Feng, Y. Feng, G. Wang, H. Lin, S. Zhu, D. Lin, T.W. Hawkins, L. Dong, A.J. Kemp, J. Nilsson, and V.G. Savitski
in 2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 2019), paper ca_11_2.
https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2019.8873181
100 kW peak power external cavity diamond Raman laser at 2.52 μm
G. Demetriou, A.J. Kemp, and V.G. Savitski
Opt. Express 27, 10296-10303 (2019).
https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.27.010296
Cascaded crystalline Raman lasers for extended wavelength coverage: continuous-wave, third-Stokes operation
R. Casula, J-P. Penttinen, M. Guina, A.J. Kemp, and J.E. Hastie
Optica 5, 11, 1406-1413 (2018).
https://doi.org/10.1364/OPTICA.5.001406
External Cavity Diamond Raman Laser at 2.52μm (conference paper)
G. Demetriou, V.G. Savitski, and A.J. Kemp
in Laser Congress 2018 (ASSL), OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society of America, 2018), paper AW1A.5.
https://doi.org/10.1364/ASSL.2018.AW1A.5
Energy Scaling, Second Stokes Oscillation, and Raman Gain-Guiding in Monolithic Diamond Raman Lasers
V.G. Savitski, G. Demetriou, S. Reilly, H. Liu, E. Gu, M.D. Dawson, and A.J. Kemp.
IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics 54, 6, pp. 1-8 (2018).
https://dx.doi.org/ 10.1109/JQE.2018.2875561
Second Stokes oscillation and Raman gain-guiding in micro-lensed monolithic diamond Raman lasers (Conference presentation)
V.G. Savitski, G. Demetriou, S. Reilly, H. Liu, E. Gu, M.D. Dawson, and A.J. Kemp.
8th EPS-QEOD Europhoton Conference, Barcelona, Spain (2018).
Sub-100 ps Monolithic Diamond Raman Laser Emitting at 573 nm
J. Nikkinen, V.G. Savitski, S. Reilly, L. Dziechciarczyk, A. Härkönen, A.J. Kemp, M. Guina
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 30, 11, pp. 981-984 (2018).
https://dx.doi.org/ 10.1109/LPT.2018.2806183
Ultrafast diode-pumped Ti:sapphire laser with broad tunability
J.C.E. Coyle, A.J. Kemp, J-M. Hopkins, and A.A. Lagatsky.
Opt. Express 26, 6, 6826-6832 (2018).
https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.26.006826
1.4 µm continuous-wave diamond Raman laser
R. Casula, J-P. Penttinen, A.J. Kemp, M. Guina, and J.E. Hastie
Opt. Express 25, 25, 31377-31383 (2017).
https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.25.031377
A Broadly Tunable Ultrafast Diode-Pumped Ti:sapphire Laser (conference paper)
J.C.E. Coyle, A.J. Kemp, J. Hopkins, and A.A. Lagatsky.
in Laser Congress 2017 (ASSL, LAC), OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optical Society of America, 2017), paper JTh2A.21.
https://doi.org/10.1364/ASSL.2017.JTh2A.21
Pathways to Reducing Jitter in Q-Switched and Cavity-Dumped 2 µm Lasers (conference paper)
J.A. Brooks, G.M. Bonner, A.J. Kemp, K. Oakes, and D.J. M. Stothard.
in Laser Congress 2017 (ASSL, LAC), OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optical Society of America, 2017), paper JTu2A.25.
https://doi.org/10.1364/ASSL.2017.JTu2A.25
Laser spectroscopy of NV- and NV0 colour centres in synthetic diamond
E. Fraczek, V.G. Savitski, M. Dale, B.G. Breeze, P. Diggle, M. Markham, A., H. Dhillon, M.E. Newton, and A.J. Kemp.
Opt. Mater. Express 7, 7, 2571-2585 (2017).
https://doi.org/10.1364/OME.7.002571
Femtosecond frequency conversion in diamond under Gaussian and Bessel beam pumping (conference paper)
V.G. Savitski, R.B. Birch, S. Reilly, V.L. Kalashnikov and A.J. Kemp.
2017 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC), Munich, 2017, pp. 1-1.
https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2017.8086559
Yellow Picosecond Diamond Raman Laser (conference paper)
J. Nikkinen, S. Reilly, V.G. Savitski, A. Härkönen, A.J. Kemp, and M. Guina.
in 2017 European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and European Quantum Electronics Conference, (Optical Society of America, 2017), paper CA_11_1.
Optical Detection of Magnetic Resonance in Nitrogen Vacancy Centre Ensembles in Bulk Diamond using an Off-Resonant Probe Laser Beam (conference paper)
C.D. Macrae, E. Fraczek, M.E. Newton, H. Dhillon, A. Bennett, M. Markham, P. Diggle, B.G. Breeze, M. Dale, V. Savitski, P.F. Griffin, A. Kemp, E. Riis, and G. McConnell.
in 2017 European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and European Quantum Electronics Conference, (Optical Society of America, 2017), paper CH_11_2.
https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2017.8086840
Continuous-Wave, Cascaded Raman Laser at 1.3, 1.5, and 1.7 µm (conference paper)
R. Casula, J-P. Penttinen, M. Guina, A.J. Kemp, and J.E. Hastie
in 2017 European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and European Quantum Electronics Conference, (Optical Society of America, 2017), paper CA_11_4.
https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2017.8086251
Energy Scaling of Yellow Emission from Monolithic Diamond Raman Lasers (conference paper)
S. Reilly, V.G. Savitski, H. Liu, E. Gu, M.D. Dawson, and A.J. Kemp.
in 2017 European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and European Quantum Electronics Conference, (Optical Society of America, 2017), paper CD_P_22.
https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2017.8086550
Laser-related spectroscopic parameters of NV colour centres in diamond
V.G. Savitski, E. Fraczek, M. Dale, B.G. Breeze, Ł. Dziechciarczyk, P. Diggle, M. Markham, A. Bennett, H. Dhillon, M.E. Newton, A.J. Kemp.
in 2017 European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and European Quantum Electronics Conference, (Optical Society of America, 2017), paper CA_P_20.
https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2017.8086316
~1400-nm continuous-wave diamond Raman laser intracavity-pumped by an InGaAs semiconductor disk laser (conference presentation)
R. Casula, D.C. Parrotta, A.J. Kemp, J-P. Penttinen, T. Leinonen, M. Guina, and J.E. Hastie
7th EPS-QEOD Europhoton Conference, SSL-7, SSL-7.4 (2016).
https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.25.031377
Temperature-dependent spectroscopy and microchip laser operation of Nd:KGd(WO4)2
P. Loiko, S.J. Yoon, J.M. Serres, X. Mateos, S.J. Beecher R.B. Birch, V.G. Savitski, A.J. Kemp, K. Yumashev, U. Griebner, V. Petrov, M. Aguiló, F. Díaz, and J.I. Mackenzie.
Optical Materials 58, pp. 365-372 (2018).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2016.06.005
Large radius of curvature micro-lenses on single crystal diamond for application in monolithic diamond Raman lasers
H. Liu, S. Reilly, J. Herrnsdorf, E. Xie, V.G. Savitski, A.J. Kemp, E. Gu, and M.D. Dawson.
Diamond and Related Materials 65, pp. 37-41 (2016).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diamond.2016.01.016
InGaAs-QW VECSEL emitting >1300nm via intracavity Raman conversion (conference presentation)
D.C. Parrotta, R. Casula, J-P. Penttinen, T. Leinonen, A.J. Kemp, M. Guina, and J.E. Hastie
Proc. SPIE 9734, Vertical External Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers (VECSELs) VI, 9734-23 (2016).
https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2217593
Spectroscopy of colour centres in diamond for possible laser applications (conference paper)
E. Fraczek, V.G. Savitski, M. Dale, B.G. Breeze, H. Dhillon, A. Bennett, M.E. Newton, and A.J. Kemp.
in Advanced Solid State Lasers, OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optical Society of America, 2015), paper ATu2A.21.
https://doi.org/10.1364/ASSL.2015.ATu2A.21
Laser Induced Damage Threshold of CVD-Grown Single Crystal Diamond Surfaces with Various Surface Finishes (conference paper)
S. Reilly, V.G. Savitski, H. Liu, S. Reid, D. Gibson, H. Dhillon, S.O. Robbie, E. Gu, M.D. Dawson, A. Bennett, and A.J. Kemp.
in Advanced Solid State Lasers, OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optical Society of America, 2015), paper ATu2A.6.
https://doi.org/10.1364/ASSL.2015.ATu2A.6
Monolithic Diamond Raman Laser Operating at 573nm Utilizing Microlens Structures to Form a Stable Resonator (conference paper)
S. Reilly, V.G. Savitski, H. Liu, E. Gu, M.D. Dawson, and A.J. Kemp.
in 2015 European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics - European Quantum Electronics Conference, (Optical Society of America, 2015), paper CA_1_3.
Yellow-Orange Emission from a Plane-Plane Monolithic Diamond Raman Laser (conference paper)
V.G. Savitski, S. Reilly, and A.J. Kemp.
in 2015 European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics - European Quantum Electronics Conference, (Optical Society of America, 2015), paper CA_8_4.
Intracavity Raman conversion of a red semiconductor disk laser using diamond
P.J. Schlosser, D.C. Parrotta, V.G. Savitski, A.J. Kemp, and J.E. Hastie
Optics Express 23, 7, pp. 8454-8461 (2015).