About the project
Fibre lasers have seen a rapid development in output power and performance over the past three decades and have revolutionised the application space for photonics. This project is focused on the development of wavelength-flexible single-frequency fibre sources to support and facilitate a plethora of emerging exciting practical applications in science.
Fibre lasers have seen a rapid development in output power and performance over the past three decades and have revolutionised the application space for photonics. Some applications specifically require high power to perform the intended tasks whilst others require low noise and narrow linewidth.
This project is focused on the development of wavelength-flexible single-frequency sources to support and facilitate several practical applications including:
- high-precision metrology
- spectroscopy
- remote sensing
- frequency conversion
- gravitational wave detection
- coherent LIDAR
- emerging quantum computing applications
all of which require sources with narrow linewidths at or below the kHz level.
Lasers with narrow linewidths are also required in coherent combination of multiple fibre laser beams to enable very high power-levels (100s of kW CW), and so there is an urgent need to continue to innovate and develop a range of properties of fibre lasers in parallel, including those of wavelength-agile, narrow linewidth sources, which is the topic of this project.
Your will initially develop, demonstrate, and characterise the fibre laser sources. You will subsequently aim to utilise the developed technology in a range of the application areas mentioned. It is largely an experimental project, but some theoretical modelling will also be required to guide the laser developments and help analyse the generated data and results. The project offers considerable opportunities for applicants who show strong innovation as well as a desire to broach new areas of science and technology.
