David Lancaster

Prof David Lancaster

EOS Chair of Laser Physics and Professor

School of Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences

College of Science

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

David is the EOS Chair of Laser Physics and the Director of the 'Laser Physics and Photonics Devices Laboratories' (LPPDL) group. His research is in the broad field of experimental laser physics, photonic sensors, and ultrafast laser fabrication.  His current research areas include advanced fibre and waveguide lasers; photonic manufacturing techniques; and advanced remote sensors for defence and the mining sectors. 
His academic outputs include > 90 journal papers, a book chapter, and holds 2 granted patents.

Waveguide lasers

Short to mid-infrared fibre lasers

Ultra-fast laser modification of materials

Non-linear frequency conversion

Year Citation
2025 Khalid, M., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., & Lancaster, D. G. (2025). Performance evaluation of ∼2.1 μm microchip laser operation in Ho<sup>3+</sup> doped germanate glass. Optics Communications, 575, 1-8.
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2025 Sinev, I., Richter, F. U., Toftul, I., Glebov, N., Koshelev, K., Hwang, Y., . . . Altug, H. (2025). Chirality encoding in resonant metasurfaces governed by lattice symmetries. Nature Communications, 16(1, article no. 6091), 1-10.
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2024 Fernandez, T. T., Hwang, Y., Mahmodi, H., Otten, D. E., Plenecassagne, L., Cozic, S., . . . Lancaster, D. G. (2024). Ultrafast laser-fabricated fluoride glass waveguides with exceptionally high positive refractive index change for mid-infrared integrated optics. Optics Express, 32(24), 42938-42950.
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2024 Sarkar, M. N. I., Nguyen, L. V., Kilpatrick, A. D., Lancaster, D. G., & Warren-Smith, S. C. (2024). Dynamic Multimode Fiber Specklegram Sensor Smart Bed Enabled by Deep Learning. Journal of Lightwave Technology, 42(18), 6342-6350.
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2024 Zhang, W. Q., Nguyen, L. V., Reja, M. I., Lancaster, D. G., & Warren-Smith, S. C. (2024). Multimode Microstructured Optical Fiber Hydrophone. IEEE Sensors Journal, 24(5), 6251-6256.
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2024 Guan, B., Kok, T. -W., Riesen, N., Lancaster, D., Suu, K., & Priest, C. (2024). Microsphere-Enabled Micropillar Array for Whispering Gallery Mode Virus Detection. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 16(9), 12042-12051.
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2024 Rozenberga, L., Bloch, W., Gillam, T. A., Lancaster, D. G., Skinner, W., Krasowska, M., . . . Beattie, D. A. (2024). Europium metal-organic framework polymer composites with enhanced luminescence and selective ferric ion sensing. ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 6(6), 3544-3553.
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2023 Riesen, N., Priest, C., Lancaster, D. G., Badek, K., & Riesen, H. (2023). Ultra-high-resolution greyscale fluorescence images via UV-exposure of thin flexible phosphor films. Nanoscale, 15(10), 4863-4869.
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2023 Khalid, M., Chen, G. Y., Ebendorff‑Heidepreim, H., & Lancaster, D. G. (2023). Author Correction: Femtosecond laser induced low propagation loss waveguides in a lead-germanate glass for efficient lasing in near to mid-IR (Scientific Reports, (2021), 11, 1, (10742), 10.1038/s41598-021-90249-9). Scientific Reports, 13(1), 1 page.
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2023 Otten, D. E., Harris, L., Hwang, Y., Stepanov, D. Y., & Lancaster, D. G. (2023). Fiber-Coupled Multiplexed Independent Ho:ZBLAN Waveguide Chip Lasers in a Single Substrate. Photonics, 10(1), 9 pages.
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2023 Fontana, F. F., van der Hoek, B., Tassios, S., Tiddy, C., Stromberg, J., Francis, N., . . . Lancaster, D. G. (2023). Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) for whole rock geochemistry. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 246(107160), 1-13.
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2022 Riesen, N., Peterkovic, Z. Q., Guan, B., François, A., Lancaster, D. G., & Priest, C. (2022). Caged-Sphere Optofluidic Sensors: Whispering Gallery Resonators in Wicking Microfluidics. Sensors, 22(11), 4135-1-4135-11.
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2022 Rozenberga, L., Skinner, W., Lancaster, D. G., Bloch, W. M., Blencowe, A., Krasowska, M., & Beattie, D. A. (2022). A europium metal–organic framework for dual Fe³⁺ ion and pH sensing. Scientific Reports, 12(1, article no. 11982 1), 11982-1-11982-12.
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2021 Riesen, N., Phillips, N., & Lancaster, D. G. (2021). Design guidelines for collimating or focusing graded-index fiber tips. Optics Express, 29(19), 29982-29995.
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2021 Chen, G. Y., Fox, S., Lancaster, D. G., & Soe, S. (2021). Temperature-compensated interferometric torque sensor with bi-directional coiling. Journal of Lightwave Technology, 39(12), 4166-4173.
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2021 Gill, K. K., Riesen, N., Priest, C., Phillips, N., Guan, B., & Lancaster, D. G. (2021). On-chip absorption spectroscopy enabled by graded index fiber tips. Biomedical Optics Express, 12(1), 181-190.
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2021 Peng, L., Nguyen, L. V., Li, J., Riesen, N., Otten, D., Lancaster, D. G., . . . Warren-Smith, S. C. (2021). Two-dimensional mapping of surface scatterers on an optical fiber core using selective mode launching. APL Photonics, 6(2), 1-8.
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2021 Riesen, N., Phillips, N., Nguyen, L., Warren-Smith, S. C., Priest, C., & Lancaster, D. G. (2021). Design considerations for graded index fiber tip Fabry-Perot interferometers. Measurement Science and Technology, 32(5), 055201-1-055201-6.
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2021 Khalid, M., Chen, G. Y., Ebendorff-Heidepreim, H., & Lancaster, D. G. (2021). Femtosecond laser induced low propagation loss waveguides in a lead-germanate glass for efficient lasing in near to mid-IR. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 1-12.
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2020 Schartner, E. P., Warren-Smith, S. C., Nguyen, L. V., Otten, D., Yu, Z., Lancaster, D. G., & Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H. (2020). Single-peak fiber Bragg gratings in suspended-core optical fibers. Optics Express, 28(16), 23354-23362.
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2020 Khalid, M., Lancaster, D. G., & Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H. (2020). Spectroscopic analysis and laser simulations of Yb3+/Ho3+ co-doped lead-germanate glass. OPTICAL MATERIALS EXPRESS, 10(11), 2811-2825.
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2020 Wang, J., Chen, G. Y., Wu, X., Xu, H., Monro, T. M., Liu, T., & Lancaster, D. G. (2020). Light-sheet skew ray-enhanced localized surface plasmon resonance-based chemical sensing. ACS Sensors, 5(1), 127-132.
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2020 Boobhun, J. T., Otten, D. E., Skinner, W., & Lancaster, D. G. (2020). Short-wavelength infrared reflectance spectroscopy of minerals by supercontinuum illumination and speckle reduction. Minerals Engineering, 156(106528), 7 pages.
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2020 Chen, G. Y., Wang, J., & Lancaster, D. G. (2020). Fiber-Optic Skew Ray Sensors. Sensors, 20(9, article no. 2499), 1-23.
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2019 Shahnia, S., Rehmen, J., Lancaster, D. G., Monro, T. M., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Evans, D., & Afshar, S. (2019). Towards new fiber optic sensors based on the vapor deposited conducting polymer PEDOT:Tos. Optical Materials Express, 9(12), 4517-4531.
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2019 Guay, P., Genest, J., Michaud-Belleau, V., Hébert, N. B., & Lancaster, D. G. (2019). Single-frequency mid-infrared waveguide laser. Optics Express, 27(23), 33737-33744.
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2019 Lancaster, D. G., Otten, D. E., Cernescu, A., Hébert, N. B., Chen, G. Y., Johnson, C. M., . . . Genest, J. (2019). An ultra-stable 2.9 μm guided-wave chip laser and application to nano-spectroscopy. APL Photonics, 4(11), 110802-1-110802-6.
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2019 Guay, P., Hébert, N. B., Michaud-Belleau, V., Lancaster, D. G., & Genest, J. (2019). Methane spectroscopy using a free-running chip-based dual-comb laser. Optics Letters, 44(17), 4375-4378.
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2019 Chen, G. Y., Wu, X., Schartner, E. P., Shahnia, S., Hebert, N. B., Yu, L., . . . Monro, T. M. (2019). Short-range non-bending fully distributed water/humidity sensors. Journal of Lightwave Technology, 37(9), 2014-2022.
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2019 Chen, G. Y., Francois, A., Wu, X., Zhang, W. Q., Codemard, C. A., Xu, H., . . . Lancaster, D. G. (2019). Light-sheet skew-ray enhanced pump-absorption for sensing. Journal of Lightwave Technology, 37(9), 2140-2146.
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2019 Chen, G. Y., Wu, X., Codemard, C. A., Yu, L., Liu, X., Xu, H., . . . Lancaster, D. G. (2019). Optical hygrometer using light-sheet skew-ray probed multimode fiber with polyelectrolyte coating. Sensors and actuators B: chemical, 296(126685), 1-6.
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2019 Khalid, M., Chen, G. Y., Bei, J., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., & Lancaster, D. G. (2019). Microchip and ultra-fast laser inscribed waveguide lasers in Yb³⁺ germanate glass. Optical Materials Express, 9(8), 3557-3564.
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2019 Warren-Smith, S., Schartner, E., Nguyen, L., Otten, D., Yu, Z., Lancaster, D. G., & Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H. (2019). Stability of grating-based optical fiber sensors at high temperature. IEEE Sensors Journal, 19(8), 2978-2983.
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2018 Chen, G. Y., Lee, T., Kang, Y. Q., Monro, T. M., & Lancaster, D. G. (2018). Double edge-diffraction mediated virtual shadow for distance metrology. New journal of physics, 20(10), 1-9.
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2018 Hébert, N. B., Lancaster, D. G., Michaud-Belleau, V., Chen, G. Y., & Genest, J. (2018). Highly coherent free-running dual-comb chip platform. Optics Letters, 43(8), 1814-1817.
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2018 Chen, G. Y., Wu, X., Kang, Y. Q., Yu, L., Monro, T. M., Lancaster, D. G., . . . Xu, H. (2018). Erratum: Author Correction: Ultra-fast Hygrometer based on U-shaped Optical Microfiber with Nanoporous Polyelectrolyte Coating (Scientific reports (2017) 7 1 (7943)). Scientific Reports, 8(1), 5264.
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2018 Piantedosi, F., Chen, G. Y., Monro, T. M., & Lancaster, D. G. (2018). Widely tunable, high slope efficiency waveguide lasers in a Yb-doped glass chip operating at 1 μm. Optics letters, 43(8), 1902-1905.
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2018 Chen, G. Y., Shahnia, S., Monro, T. M., & Lancaster, D. G. (2018). Force sensors using the skew-ray-probed plastic optical fibers. IEEE photonics journal, 10(3, article no. 6802208), 1-8.
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2018 Zhang, W. Q., Lancaster, D. G., Monro, T. M., & Vahid, S. A. (2018). Synchronised dual-wavelength mode-locking in waveguide lasers. Scientific reports, 8(1), 1-12.
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2018 Chen, G. Y., Piantedosi, F., Otten, D., Kang, Y. Q., Zhang, W. Q., Zhou, X., . . . Lancaster, D. G. (2018). Femtosecond-laser-written microstructured waveguides in BK7 glass. Scientific reports, 8(article no. 10377), 1-7.
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2018 Chen, G. Y., Lancaster, D. L., & Monro, T. M. (2018). Optical microfiber technology for current, temperature, acceleration, acoustic, humidity and ultraviolet light sensing. Sensors, 18(1), 1-25.
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2017 Hébert, N. B., Genest, J., Deschênes, J. D., Bergeron, H., Chen, G. Y., Khurmi, C., & Lancaster, D. G. (2017). Self-corrected chip-based dual-comb spectrometer. Optics Express, 25(7), 8168-8179.
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2017 Alhmoud, H., Cifuentes Rius, A., Delalat, B., Lancaster, D. G., & Voelcker, N. H. (2017). Gold-decorated porous silicon nanopillars for targeted hyperthermal treatment of bacterial infections. ACS applied materials and interfaces, 9(39), 33707-33716.
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2017 Chen, G. Y., Otten, D., Kang, Y. Q., Monro, T. M., & Lancaster, D. G. (2017). Measuring the radial position of defects within optical fibers using skew rays. Journal of sensors, 2017(4879528), 1-5.
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2017 Chen, G. Y., Wu, X., Kang, Y. Q., Yu, L., Monro, T. M., Lancaster, D. G., . . . Xu, H. (2017). Ultra-fast hygrometer based on U-shaped optical microfiber with nanoporous polyelectrolyte coating. Scientific reports, 7(7943), 1-8.
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2017 Khurmi, C., Thoday, S., Monro, T. M., Chen, G., & Lancaster, D. G. (2017). Visible laser emission from a praseodymium-doped fluorozirconate guided-wave chip. Optics letters, 42(17), 3339-3342.
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2017 Yu, L., Xu, H., Monro, T., Lancaster, D., Xie, Y., Zeng, H., . . . Liu, X. (2017). Ultrafast colorimetric humidity-sensitive polyelectrolyte coating for touchless control. Materials Horizons, 4(1), 72-82.
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2017 Chen, G., Wu, X., Liu, X., Lancaster, D., Monro, T., & Xu, H. (2017). Photodetector based on Vernier-enhanced Fabry-Perot interferometers with a photo-thermal coating. Scientific Reports, 7(41895), 41895-1-41895-9.
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2016 Chen, G., Codemard, C., Zervas, M., Monro, T., & Lancaster, D. (2016). Enhanced pump absorption of active fiber components with skew rays. Journal of Lightwave Technology, 34(24), 5642-5650.
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2016 Ng, S., Lancaster, D. G., Monro, T. M., Henry, P., & Ottaway, D. J. (2016). Air-clad holmium-doped silica fiber laser. IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, 52(2), 1600108-1-1600108-8.
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2016 Chen, G., Monro, T., & Lancaster, D. (2016). Detection of microscopic defects in optical fiber coatings using angle-resolved skew rays. Optics Letters, 41(17), 4036-4039.
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2016 Lancaster, D., Li, Y., Duan, Y., Gross, S., Withford, M., & Monro, T. (2016). Er³⁺ Active Yb³⁺Ce³⁺ co-doped fluorozirconate guided-wave chip lasers. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 28(21), 2315-2318.
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2016 Khurmi, C., Hébert, N. B., Zhang, W. Q., Afshar V, S., Chen, G., Genest, J., . . . Lancaster, D. G. (2016). Ultrafast pulse generation in a mode-locked Erbium chip waveguide laser. Optics Express, 24(24), 27177-27183.
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2015 Lancaster, D., Stevens, V., Michaud-Belleau, V., Gross, S., Fuerbach, A., & Monro, T. (2015). Holmium-doped 2.1 μm waveguide chip laser with an output power > 1 W. Optics Express, 23(25), 32664-32670.
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2014 Lancaster, D., Gross, S., Withford, M., & Monro, T. (2014). Widely tunable short-infrared thulium and holmium doped fluorozirconate waveguide chip lasers. Optics Express, 22(21), 25286-25294.
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2013 Gross, S., Lancaster, D., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Monro, T., Fuerbach, A., & Withford, M. (2013). Femtosecond laser induced structural changes in fluorozirconate glass. Optical Materials Express, 3(5), 574-583.
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2013 Englich, F., Grabka, M., Lancaster, D., & Monro, T. (2013). Magnetic field interaction with guided light for detection of an active gaseous medium within an optical fiber. Optics Express, 21(2), 2491-2499.
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2013 Palmer, G., Gross, S., Fuerbach, A., Lancaster, D., & Withford, M. (2013). High slope efficiency and high refractive index change in direct-written Yb-doped waveguide lasers with depressed claddings. Optics Express, 21(14), 17413-17420.
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2013 Lancaster, D., Gross, S., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Withford, M., Monro, T., & Jackson, S. (2013). Efficient 2.9 μm fluorozirconate glass waveguide chip laser. Optics Letters, 38(14), 2588-2591.
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2012 Lancaster, D., Gross, S., Fuerbach, A., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Monro, T., & Withford, M. (2012). Versatile large-mode-area femtosecond laserwritten Tm:ZBLAN glass chip lasers. Optics Express, 20(25), 27503-27509.
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2012 Gross, S., Ams, M., Palmer, G., Miese, C., Williams, R., Marshall, G., . . . Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H. (2012). Ultrafast laser inscription in soft glasses: a comparative study of athermal and thermal processing regimes for guided wave optics. International Journal of Applied Glass Science, 3(4), 332-348.
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2012 Gross, S., Arms, M., Lancaster, D., Monro, T., Fuerbach, A., & Withford, M. (2012). Femtosecond direct-write überstructure waveguide Bragg gratings in ZBLAN. Optics Letters, 37(19), 3999-4001.
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2012 Lancaster, D., Gross, S., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Fuerbach, A., Withford, M., & Monro, T. (2012). 2.1 μm waveguide laser fabricated by femtosecond laser direct-writing in Ho³⁺, Tm³⁺:ZBLAN glass. Optics Letters, 37(6), 996-998.
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2012 Oermann, M., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Ottaway, D., Lancaster, D., Veitch, P., & Monro, T. (2012). Extruded microstructured fiber lasers. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 24(7), 578-580.
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2012 Lancaster, D., Ottaway, D., Henry, P., Kostecki, R., & Monro, T. (2012). Air-clad holmium-doped silica fibre laser. Proceedings Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology, 2012;(2), 1-8.
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2011 Lancaster, D., Gross, S., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Kuan, K., Monro, T., Ams, M., . . . Withford, M. (2011). Fifty percent internal slope efficiency femtosecond direct-written Tm³⁺:ZBLAN waveguide laser. Optics Letters, 36(9), 1587-1589.
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2010 Hemming, A., Jackson, S., Sabella, A., Bennetts, S., & Lancaster, D. (2010). High power, narrow bandwidth and broadly tunable Tm3+, Ho3+-co-doped aluminosilicate glass fibre laser. Electronics Letters, 46(24), 1617-1618.
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2010 Hemming, A., Richards, J., Bennetts, S., Davidson, A., Carmody, N., Davies, P., . . . Lancaster, D. (2010). A high power hybrid mid-IR laser source. Optics Communications, 283(20), 4041-4045.
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2009 Wu, K., Ottaway, D., Munch, J., Lancaster, D., Bennetts, S., & Jackson, S. (2009). Gain-switched holmium-doped fibre laser. Optics Express, 17(23), 20872-20877.
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2009 McNamara, P., Lancaster, D., Bailey, R., Hemming, A., Henry, P., & Mair, R. (2009). A large core microstructured fluoride glass optical fibre for mid-infrared single-mode transmission. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 355(28-30), 1461-1467.
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2009 Lancaster, D., & Jackson, S. (2009). In-fiber resonantly pumped Q-switched holmium fiber laser. Optics Letters, 34(21), 3412-3414.
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2009 Lancaster, D. (2009). Efficient Nd:YAG pumped mid-IR laser based on cascaded KTP and ZGP optical parametric oscillators and a ZGP parametric amplifier. Optics Communications, 282(2), 272-275.
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2008 Jovanovic, N., Marshall, G., Fuerbach, A., Town, G., Bennetts, S., Lancaster, D., & Withford, M. (2008). Highly narrow linewidth, CW, all-fiber oscillator with a switchable linear polarization. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 20(10), 809-811.
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2008 Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Foo, H., Moore, R., Zhang, W., Li, Y., Monro, T., . . . Lancaster, D. (2008). Fluoride glass microstructured optical fiber with large mode area and mid-infrared transmission. Optics Letters, 33(23), 2861-2863.
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2007 Jackson, S., Sabella, A., & Lancaster, D. (2007). Application and development of high-power and highly efficient silica-based fiber lasers operating at 2μm. IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 13(3), 567-572.
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2007 Jackson, S., Sabella, A., Hemming, A., Bennetts, S., & Lancaster, D. (2007). High-power 83 W holmium-doped silica fiber laser operating with high beam quality. Optics Letters, 32(3), 241-243.
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2005 Frith, G., Lancaster, D., & Jackson, S. (2005). 85 W Tm³⁺-doped silica fibre laser. Electronics Letters, 41(12), 687-688.
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2001 Morimoto, Y., Durante, W., Lancaster, D., Klattenhoff, J., & Tittel, F. (2001). Real-time measurements of endogenous CO production from vascular cells using an ultrasensitive laser sensor. American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 280(49), 483-488.
2000 Limpert, J., Zelimer, H., Tunnermann, A., Lancaster, D., Weidner, R., Richter, D., & Tittel, F. (2000). Tunable continuous wave DFG-based gas sensor using fibre amplified 1.5 μm external cavity diode laser and high power 1 μm diode laser. Electronics Letters, 36(20), 1739-1741.
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2000 Lancaster, D., Weidner, R., Richter, D., Tittel, F., & Limpert, J. (2000). Compact CH4 sensor based on difference frequency mixing of diode lasers in quasi-phasematched LiNbO3. Optics Communications, 175(4-6), 461-468.
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2000 Lancaster, D., Fried, A., Wert, B., Henry, B., & Tittel, F. (2000). Difference-frequency-based tunable absorption spectrometer for detection of atmospheric formaldehyde. Applied Optics, 39(24), 4436-4443.
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2000 Richter, D., Lancaster, D., & Tittel, F. (2000). Development of an automated diode-laser-based multicomponent gas sensor. Applied Optics, 39(24), 4444-4450.
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2000 Friedfeld, S., Fraser, M., Lancaster, D., Leleux, D., Rehle, D., & Tittel, F. (2000). Field intercomparison of a novel optical sensor for formaldehyde quantification. Geophysical Research Letters, 27(14), 2093-2096.
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2000 Tittel, F., Lancaster, D., & Richter, D. (2000). Novel diode laser-based sensors for gas sensing applications. Laser Physics, 10(1), 348-354.
1999 Lancaster, D., Richter, D., & Tittel, F. (1999). Portable fiber-coupled diode-laser-based sensor for multiple trace gas detection. Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics, 69(5-6), 459-465.
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1999 Putnam, R., & Lancaster, D. (1999). Continuous-wave laser spectrometer automatically aligned and continuously tuned from 11.8 to 16.1 μm by use of diode-laser-pumped difference-frequency generation in GaSe. Applied Optics, 38(9), 1513-1522.
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1999 Morimoto, Y., Klattenhoff, J., Durante, W., Lancaster, D., Curl, R., & Tittel, F. (1999). Detection of carbon monoxide from biological tissue using difference frequency generation in periodically-poled lithium niobate near 4.6 µm. Proc. SPIE, 3603, 30-35.
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1999 Lancaster, D., Richter, D., Curl, R., Tittel, F., Goldberg, L., & Koplow, J. (1999). High-power continuous-wave mid-infrared radiation generated by difference frequency mixing of diode-laser-seeded fiber amplifiers and its application to dual-beam spectroscopy. Optics Letters, 24(23), 1744-1746.
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1998 Lancaster, D., Goldberg, L., Koplow, J., Curl, R., & Tittel, F. (1998). Fibre coupled difference frequency generation utilising ytterbium-doped fibre amplifier and periodically poled LiNbO3. Electronics Letters, 34(13), 1345-1347.
1998 Lancaster, D., & Dawes, J. (1998). Thermal-lens measurement of a quasi steady-state repetitively flashlamp-pumped Cr, Tm, Ho:YAG laser. Optics and Laser Technology, 30(2), 103-108.
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1998 Goldberg, L., Koplow, J., Lancaster, D., Curl, R., & Tittel, F. (1998). Mid-infrared difference-frequency generation source pumped by a 1.1-1.5-μm dual-wavelength fiber amplifier for trace-gas detection. Optics Letters, 23(19), 1517-1519.
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1996 Lancaster, D., & Dawes, J. (1996). Methane detection with a narrow-band source at 3.4 µm based on a Nd:YAG pump laser and a combination of stimulated Raman scattering and difference frequency mixing. Applied Optics, 35(21), 4041-4045.
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1995 Lancaster, D., & Dawes, J. (1995). A pulsed laser source using stimulated Raman scattering and difference frequency mixing: Remote sensing of methane in air. Optics Communications, 120(5-6), 307-310.
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Year Citation
2025 Warren-Smith, S. C., Li, X., Cordeiro, C. M. B., Otten, D. E., Lancaster, D. G., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., & Nguyen, L. V. (2025). Beam shaping the evanescent field for distributed fluorescence-based optical fibre sensing. In J. L. Santos, M. L. A. Sainz, & T. Sun (Eds.), Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors (OFS29), as published in Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 13639 (pp. 1363917-1-1363917-4). US: SPIE.
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2025 Lancaster, D. G., Zhang, W., & Otten, D. E. (2025). A Packaged and Ultrastable Passive GHz Comb Waveguide Laser. In W. A. Clarkson, & R. K. Shori (Eds.), Proceedings of SPIE the International Society for Optical Engineering Vol. 13341 (pp. 3 pages). US: SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING.
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2025 Jung, J., Hwang, Y., Otten, D. E., Lee, J. H., & Lancaster, D. G. (2025). A ~88% internal slope efficiency of a Ho:ZBLAN waveguide chip laser at 2.1 µm. In 2025 Conference on Lasers and Electro Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference CLEO Europe Eqec 2025 (pp. 1). IEEE.
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2025 Otten, D. E., Stepanov, D. Y., & Lancaster, D. G. (2025). A fiberized multichannel ~2.1 µm Ho:ZBLAN planar waveguide laser array for atmospheric transmission applications. In 2025 Conference on Lasers and Electro Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference CLEO Europe Eqec 2025 (pp. 1). IEEE.
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2024 Nguyen, L. V., Oermann, M., Stepanov, D., Wu, K., Lancaster, D., Afshar, S., . . . Warren-Smith, S. C. (2024). Towards a holmium doped multimode fiber amplifier with high quality focused output using wavefront-shaping. In Proceedings of the Fiber Lasers XXI: Technology and Systems, as published in Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 12865 (pp. 1286518-1-1286518-4). Online: Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers.
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2024 Lancaster, D. G., Otten, D. E., Choi, J., & Hall, C. (2024). Short-pulse GHz class chip lasers for comb applications. In Conference on Lasers and Electro Optics Pacific Rim CLEO PR 2024 in Proceedings 2024 Conference on Lasers and Electro Optics Pacific Rim CLEO PR. Korea: IEEE.
2023 Zhang, W. Q., Nguyen, L. V., Reja, M. I., Lancaster, D. G., & Warren Smith, S. (2023). Machining learning assisted microstructured multimode optical fiber hydrophone. In Proceedings - 28th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, OFS 2023 (pp. Th6.35). US: Optical Society of America.
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2023 Guan, B., Kok, T. -W., Riesen, N., Lancaster, D. G., Suu, K., & Priest, C. (2023). A Pump-Free Optofluidic Biosensing Platform Based on Whispering Gallery Mode Microspheres. In Proceedings of the IEEE SENSORS (2023) (pp. 1-4). US: IEEE.
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2023 Lancaster, D. G., Otten, D. E., Hwang, Y., & Stepanov, D. (2023). A multi-wavelength hybrid waveguide-fiber cavity 2.1 µm laser. In Proceedings of SPIE the International Society for Optical Engineering Vol. 12399 (pp. 1-3). US: SPIE.
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2021 Riesen, N., Gill, K., Priest, C., Phillips, N., Guan, B., & Lancaster, D. G. (2021). Graded-index fiber on-chip absorption spectroscopy. In Proceedings of the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO: Applications and Technology 2021) (pp. 1-2). US: Optics Publishing Group.
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2020 Riesen, N., Phillips, N., Priest, C., Nguyen, L. V., & Lancaster, D. G. (2020). Lensed GRIN fiber-optic fabry-perot interferometers. In Optics InfoBase Conference Papers (pp. 1-2). online: OSA.
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2020 Boobhun, J. T., Otten, D. E., Skinner, W., & Lancaster, D. G. (2020). Supercontinuum laser illumination for NIR reflectance spectroscopy of minerals and speckle reduction. In 2020 Conference on Lasers and Electro Optics Pacific Rim CLEO PR 2020 Proceedings (pp. 2 pages). US: IEEE.
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2020 Peng, L., Nguyen, L. V., Riesen, N., Li, J., Otten, D., Lancaster, D. G., . . . Warren-Smith, S. C. (2020). Towards distributed particle sensing using a few-mode exposed-core optical fibre with a spatially referenced evanescent field. In Proceedings of the 14th Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO-PR 2020 ) (pp. 1-2). online: OSA/IEEE.
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2020 Wang, J., Chen, G. Y., Wu, X., Xu, H., Monro, T. M., & Liu, T. (2020). Localized surface plasmons excited by skew rays. In 2020 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR 2020). Proceedings (pp. 1-2). US: IEEE.
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2020 Khalid, M., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., & Lancaster, D. G. (2020). 2 μm laser characteristics and spectroscopic properties of Yb³⁺/Ho³⁺ co-doped GPGN. In Proceedings of the 14th Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO PR 2020) (pp. 1-2). online: OSA/IEEE.
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2020 Shahnia, S., Evans, D., Lancaster, D. G., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., & Afshar, S. V. (2020). Nitrate sensing using optical properties of PEDOT at the tip of the fibre. In 2020 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim, CLEO-PR 2020 - Proceedings (pp. 1-2). online: OSA/IEEE.
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2019 Schartner, E. P., Nguyen, L. V., Otten, D., Yu, Z., Lancaster, D. G., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., & Warren-Smith, S. C. (2019). Multi-point high temperature optical fiber sensor. In A. Mitchell, & H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop (Eds.), AOS Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT) and Australian Conference on Optics, Lasers, and Spectroscopy (ACOLS) 2019 Vol. 11200 (pp. 1120038-1-1120038-2). Bellingham, WA: SPIE.
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2019 Nguyen, L. V., Schartner, E. P., Otten, D., Yu, Z., Lancaster, D., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., & Warren-Smith, S. C. (2019). Multi-point optical fiber pressure sensor. In Proceedings of the Australia and New Zealand Conference on Optics and Photonics (ANZCOP 2019), as published in Proceedings of SPIE - AOS Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT) and Australian Conference on Optics, Lasers, and Spectroscopy (ACOLS) 2019 Vol. 11200 (pp. 112000X-1-112000X-2). Bellingham, Washington: SPIE.
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2019 Piantedosi, F., Chen, G. Y., Monro, T. M., & Lancaster, D. G. (2019). Passive mode-locked Yb fluorozirconate glass waveguide laser. In A. Mitchell, & H. RubinszteinDunlop (Eds.), Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering Vol. 11200 (pp. 1-2). US: SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering.
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2019 Khalid, M., Chen, G. Y., Bei, J., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., & Lancaster, D. G. (2019). Femtosecond laser inscribed waveguide and micro-chip laser operation at 1.07μm in Yb<sup>3+</sup> doped germanate glass. In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering Vol. 11200 (pp. 1-3). online: SPIE.
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2019 Lancaster, D. G., Otten, D., Bourbeau Hébert, N., Piantedosi, F., & Genest, J. (2019). Mode-locked chip-lasers with multiple waveguides. In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering Vol. 11200 (pp. 1-3). online: SPIE.
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2019 Guay, P., Hebert, N. B., Genest, J., & Lancaster, D. G. (2019). Versatile waveguide chip laser for 2.9 µm emission. In Optics InfoBase Conference Papers Vol. Part F140-CLEO_Europe 2019. US: The Optical Society.
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2019 Guay, P., Genest, J., Michaud-Belleau, V., Bourbeau Hebert, N., & Lancaster, D. G. (2019). Narrow linewidth single-mode chip laser operating at 2.9 µm. In Optics InfoBase Conference Papers Vol. Part F144-FiO 2019 (pp. 1-2). online: OSA.
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2019 Warren-Smith, S. C., Schartner, E. P., Nguyen, L. V., Otten, D. E., Yu, Z., Lancaster, D. G., & Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H. (2019). Microstructured optical fiber high-temperature sensors. In Proceedings of Applied Industrial Optics: Spectroscopy, Imaging and Metrology (AIO 2019) Vol. Part F167-AIO 2019 (pp. 1-2). online: OSA.
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2019 Guay, P., Bourbeau Hebert, N., Michaud-Belleau, V., Lancaster, D. G., & Genest, J. (2019). Free-running optical frequency combs for remote sensing. In Proceedings of the Optical Sensors and Sensing Congress (ES, FTS, HISE, Sensors) 2019: Optics and Photonics for Sensing the Environment Vol. Part F172-ES 2019 (pp. 1-2). online: OSA.
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2019 Piantedosi, F., Chen, G. Y., Monro, T. M., & Lancaster, D. G. (2019). Passively mode-locked depressed-cladding waveguide laser in Yb fluorozirconate glass. In 2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2019 Vol. Part F140-CLEO_Europe 2019 (pp. 1). US: IEEE.
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2019 Lancaster, D. G., Hebert, N. B., Zhang, W., Piantedosi, F., Monro, T. M., & Genest, J. (2019). A multiple-waveguide mode-locked chip-laser architecture. In Proceedings of the 2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2019) Vol. Part F140-CLEO_Europe 2019 (pp. 1). Piscataway, NJ: IEEE.
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2019 Guay, P., Hebert, N., Michaud-Belleau, V., Lancaster, D., & Genest, J. (2019). Broadband dual-comb spectroscopy of methane with a free-running erbium chip laser. In 2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2019 Vol. Part F140-CLEO_Europe 2019 (pp. 1). US: IEEE.
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2019 Shahnia, S., Rehmen, J., Lancaster, D. G., Evans, D., & Afshar, S. (2019). Toward a new sensing platform based on conducting polymer: thickness measurement and the effect of different oxidant solution on damage threshold. In A. Rubinsztein-Dunlop (Ed.), Proceedings of SPIE AOS Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT) and Australian Conference on Optics, Lasers, and Spectroscopy (ACOLS) 2019 Vol. 11200 (pp. 1-2). US: SPIE.
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2019 Chen, G. Y., & Lancaster, D. G. (2019). Sensitized light pipes: multimode fibers empowered by skew rays. In Optical Sensors and Sensing Congress (ES, FTS, HISE, Sensors), OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society of America, 2019 (pp. 1-2). US: OSA Publishing.
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2018 Khurmi, C., Chen, G. Y., Monro, T. M., & Lancaster, D. G. (2018). Visible praseodymium doped fluorozirconate chip laser. In Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 10511 (pp. 105111-105112). US: SPIE.
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2018 Hebert, N. B., Lancaster, D. G., Chen, G. Y., & Genest, J. (2018). Low-noise dual-comb platform based on mode-locked lasers in a multi-waveguide chip. In Proceedings of the CLEO: Science and Innovations 2018 Vol. Part F94-CLEO_SI 2018 (pp. 1-2). US: OSA Publishing.
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2018 Chen, G. Y., Shahnia, S., Monro, T. M., & Lancaster, D. G. (2018). Force sensors based on skew-ray-probed optical fibers. In Optics Infobase Conference Papers Vol. Part F98-BGPPM 2018 (pp. JTu2A.54). OSA.
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2018 Chen, G. Y., Wu, X., Yu, L., Xu, H., Liu, X., Monro, T. M., & Lancaster, D. G. (2018). Recent progress in advanced humidity sensors. In Journal of physics: conference series Vol. 1065 (pp. 1-5). UK: Institute of Physics Publishing.
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2018 Schartner, E., Warren-Smith, S., Nguyen, L., Otten, D., Lancaster, D., & Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H. (2018). High temperature stability of femtosecond written ablation Fiber Bragg gratings in microstructured optical fibers. In Proceedings: 2018 IEEE SENSORS Vol. 2018 October (pp. 1-4). US: IEEE.
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2017 Chen, G. Y., Wu, X., Liu, X., Lancaster, D. G., Monro, T. M., & Xu, H. (2017). Photodetector with photothermal cascaded Fabry-Perot etalons. In Y. Chung, W. Jin, B. Lee, J. Canning, K. Nakamura, & L. Yuan (Eds.), Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 10323 (pp. 1-4). US: SPIE.
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2017 Chen, G. Y., Monro, T. M., & Lancaster, D. G. (2017). Skew rays analysis to determine radial position of defects within optical fibers. In Y. Chung, W. Jin, B. Lee, J. Canning, K. Nakamura, & L. Yuan (Eds.), Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 10323 (pp. 1-4). US: SPIE.
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2017 Lancaster, D. G., Khurmi, C., Bourbeau Hebert, N., Genest, J., Chen, G., Zhang, W., . . . Monro, T. M. (2017). Mode-locked sub 200 fs laser pulses from an Er-Yb-Ce ZBLAN waveguide laser. In W. A. Clarkson, & R. K. Shori (Eds.), Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 10082 (pp. 100821A-1-100821A-8). online: SPIE.
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2017 Zhang, W. Q., Afshar, S. V., Lancaster, D. G., & Monro, T. M. (2017). A numerical study of single-pulse dual-wavelength mode-locked waveguide laser. In Proceedings of the conference on lasers and electro-optics Pacific Rim (Cleo-Pr) Vol. Part F122-CLEOPR 2017 (pp. 1-2). US: IEEE.
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2017 Chen, G. Y., Monro, T. M., & Lancaster, D. G. (2017). Radial position measurement of defects within optical fibers using skew rays interrogation. In 2017 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR) Vol. Part F122-CLEOPR 2017 (pp. 1-2). US: IEEE.
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2017 Chen, G. Y., Monro, T. M., Lancaster, D. G., Wu, X., Liu, X., Xu, H., & Yu, L. (2017). Super-fast optical hygrometer probe based on polyelectrolyte-coated fiber taper. In 2017 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR) Vol. Part F122-CLEOPR 2017 (pp. 1-2). US: IEEE.
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2017 Hébert, N. B., Deschênes, J. D., Bergeron, H., Chen, G. Y., Khurmi, C., Lancaster, D. G., & Genest, J. (2017). Transform-limited dual-comb spectroscopy using free-running waveguide lasers. In Optics InfoBase Conference Papers Vol. Part F41-CLEO_SI 2017 (pp. 1-2). online: IEEE.
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2016 Zhang, W. Q., Chen, G. Y., Lancaster, D. G., & Monro, T. (2016). Negative to positive refractive index change in borosilicate BK7 glass through MHz femtosecond laser writing. In Photonics and Fiber Technology 2016 (ACOFT, BGPP, NP), OSA Technical Digest (pp. AM5C.6). US: Optical Society of America.
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2016 Chen, G. Y., & Lancaster, D. G. (2016). Angle-resolved skew rays for microscopic fault detection in optical fiber coatings. In Photonics and Fiber Technology 2016 (ACOFT, BGPP, NP), OSA Technical Digest (pp. AW3C.5). US: Optical Society of America.
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2016 Khurmi, C., Chen, G. Y., Zhang, W., Monro, T., & Lancaster, D. G. (2016). Mode-locked 305 fs laser pulses from an Er-Yb-Ce ZBLAN waveguide laser. In Photonics and Fiber Technology 2016 (ACOFT, BGPP, NP), OSA Technical Digest Vol. Part F3-ACOFT 2016 (pp. ATh4C.3). US: Optical Society of America.
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2015 Michaud Belleau, V., Gross, S., Genest, J., & Lancaster, D. G. (2015). Watt-Level in-band pumped Ho: ZBLAN waveguide chip laser at 2.1 μm. In Proceedings 2015 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Europe and the European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2015 Vol. Part F4-CLEO 2015. US: OSA Publishing.
2015 Michaud-Belleau, V., Gross, S., Genest, J., & Lancaster, D. G. (2015). Watt-level in-band pumped ho: ZBLAN waveguide chip laser at 2.1 μm. In Optics Infobase Conference Papers.
2015 Lancaster, D. G., Li, Y., Duan, Y., Withford, M. W., & Monro, T. M. (2015). Large-aperture erbium fluorozirconate glass-chip amplifiers and lasers. In Optics Infobase Conference Papers.
2014 Lee, J. H., Gross, S., Cunning, B. V., Brown, C. L., Kielpinski, D., Monro, T. M., & Lancaster, D. G. (2014). Graphene-based passive Q-switching of a Tm³⁺: ZBLAN short-infrared waveguide laser. In Proceedings of CLEO 2014: Fundamental Science (pp. 1-2). US: Optical Society of American (OSA).
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2014 Lee, J., Gross, S., Cunning, B., Brown, C., Kielpinski, D., Monr, T., & Lancaster, D. (2014). Graphene-based passive Q-switching of a Tm3+:ZBLAN short-infrared waveguide laser. In Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe - Technical Digest Vol. 2014-January (pp. 1-2). online: Optical Society of America.
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2013 Gross, S., Meany, T. D., Arriola, A., Miese, C., Williams, R. J., Duan, Y., . . . Withford, M. J. (2013). Ultrafast laser inscribed integrated photonics: material science to device development. In Y. Bellouard, & L. Canioni (Eds.), MATEC Web of Conferences Vol. 8 (pp. 06004-1-06004-2). EDP Sciences.
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2013 Gross, S., Arriola, A., Palmer, G., Jovanovic, N., Spaleniak, I., Meany, T., . . . Withford, M. (2013). Ultrafast laser inscribed 3D integrated photonics. In Proceedings of SPIE 8876. 7th Nanophotonics and Macrophotonics for Space Environments Vol. 8876 (pp. 1-11). Online: SPIE.
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2013 Gross, S., Arriola, A., Palmer, G., Jovanovic, N., Spaleniak, I., Meany, T., . . . Withford, M. (2013). Ultrafast laser inscription of an integrated photonic lantern. In Proceedings of SPIE (pp. 1-11). United States: International Society for Optical Engineering.
2013 Gross, S., Lancaster, D., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Monro, T., Fuerbach, A., & Withford, M. (2013). Direct-write depressed cladding waveguide bragg-gratings in ZBLAN glass. In Bragg Gratings, Photosensitivity, and Poling in Glass Waveguides, BGPP 2012 (pp. 1-2). Online.
2013 Grabka, M., Englich, F., Lancaster, D., Gawlik, W., & Monro, T. (2013). Theoretical modeling of the Faraday effect within a gas-filled photonic bandgap fiber. In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering - Vol 8794 Vol. 8794 (pp. 1-5). USA: S P I E - International Society for Optical Engineering.
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2013 Lancaster, D., Gross, S., Fuerbach, A., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., & Monro, T. (2013). Versatile fs laser-written glass chip lasers. In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering Vol. 8599 (pp. 1-8). Online: SPIE.
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2013 Englich, F., Grabka, M., Lancaster, D., & Monro, T. (2013). Guided-mode based Faraday rotation spectroscopy within a photonic bandgap fiber. In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering Vol. 8632 (pp. 1-6). Online: SPIE.
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2013 Lancaster, D., Gross, S., Withford, M., Monro, T., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., & Jackson, S. (2013). A miniature chip-scale mid-infrared glass laser. In Australian and New Zealand Conference on Optics and Photonics. Fremantle, W.A..
2013 Gross, S., Lancaster, D. G., Ebendorff Heidepriem, H., Monro, T. M., Fuerbach, A., & Withford, M. J. (2013). Direct-write depressed cladding waveguide Bragg-gratings in ZBLAN glass. In Bragg Gratings, Photosensitivity, and Poling in Glass Waveguides, BGPP 2012 (pp. 1-2). US: OSA.
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2012 Ng, S., Lancaster, D., Ottaway, D., & Monro, T. (2012). Modelling and fabrication of a leaky mode depressed clad Ho³⁺ fiber. In Frontiers in optics 2012/laser science XXVIII, OSA Technical Digest (pp. LTh2I.5). US: Optical Society of America.
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2012 Lancaster, D., Gross, S., Fuerbach, A., Withford, M., & Monro, T. (2012). A kW class 2 μm-wavelength chip laser. In Proceedings : 20th Australian Institute of Physics Congress Vol. 9-13 December 2012 (pp. pp. 1-pp. 4). Sydney, N.S.W..
2012 Fuerbach, A., Gross, S., Alberich, M., Lancaster, D., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Monro, T., & Withford, M. (2012). Femtosecond laser direct-written microstructured waveguides in passive as well as in novel active glasses. In Proceedings of the14th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2012 (pp. 1-4). USA: IEEE.
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2012 Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Schiele, C., Winterstein, A., Wondraczek, L., Lancaster, D., Ottaway, D., & Monro, T. (2012). New germanate glasses for infrared fibre applications. In Proceedings 37th Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology Vol. 2012;. Sydney, N.S.W..
2011 Fuerbach, A., Gross, S., Ams, M., Koehler, S., Marshall, G., Miese, C., . . . Withford, M. (2011). Integrated waveguide lasers. In International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks ICTON 2011 (pp. 1-4). USA: IEEE.
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2011 Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Lancaster, D., Kuan, K., Moore, R., Sarker, S., & Monro, T. (2011). Extruded fluoride fiber for 2.3μm laser application. In Proceedings of the international Quantum Electronics Conference (IQEC) and the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optic (pp. 621-623). US: IEEE.
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2011 Lancaster, D., Gross, S., Ng, S., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Monro, T., Fuerbach, A., & Withford, M. (2011). A new class of 2µm waveguide laser produced by fs direct writing of Tm3+ and Ho3+ doped ZBLAN glass. In Proceedings of the international Quantum Electronics Conferenc (pp. 989-991). US: Optical Society of America.
2011 Lancaster, D., Gross, S., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Kuan, K., Monro, T., Fuerbach, A., & Whitford, M. (2011). A 40% slope efficiency 790nm pumped 1.9 micrometre Tm3+: ZBLAN directly-written waveguide laser. In Lasers and electro-optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European quantum electronics conference (pp. 1). US: IEEE.
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2011 Gross, S., Lancaster, D., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Kuan, K., Monro, T., Whitford, M., & Fuerbach, A. (2011). Fabrication of depressed cladding waveguide Bragg-gratings in rare-earth doped heavy-metal fluoride glass. In Proceedings of the European conference on lasers and electro-optics and the XIIth European quantum electronics conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC) (pp. 1). US: IEEE.
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2011 Fuerbach, A., Gross, S., Miese, C., Palmer, G., Jovanovic, N., Koehler, W., . . . Withford, M. (2011). Femtosecond chirped pulse oscillators for high-speed photonic device fabrication. In 2011 International Quantum Electronics Conference, IQEC 2011 and Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO Pacific Rim 2011 (pp. 1159-1160). Online: Optical Society of America.
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2010 Lancaster, D. (2010). An incomplete account of laser research for defence applications in Australia. In Proceedings of the Laserfest Symposium Vol. 2010.. Melbourne, Australia.
2010 Gross, S., Lancaster, D., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Kuan, K., Monro, T., Withford, M., & Fuerbach, A. (2010). Laser direct written depressed cladding waveguides in fluoride glass. In Proceedings of 19th Australian Institute of Physics Congress incorporating the 35th Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology (pp. 1). CD: AIP.
2010 Lancaster, D., Gross, S., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Kuan, K., Monro, T., Fuerbach, A., & Withford, M. (2010). Towards realisation of a 2m thulium chip laser. In Proceedings of the 19th Australian Institute of Physics Congress incorporating the 35th Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology (pp. 1). CD: AIP.
2009 Wu, K., Bennetts, S., Lancaster, D., Munch, J., Ottaway, D., & Jackson, S. (2009). A pulse stacked and gain-switched Holmium-doped fibre laser operating at a high repetition rate. In Proceedings of the ACOLS ACOFT 09 Conference (pp. 544-545). CDROM: Australian Optical Society.
2009 Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Foo, H., Kuan, K., Moore, R., Monro, T., Hemming, A., . . . Lancaster, D. (2009). Large mode area fluoride microstructured fibres: Towards single-mode guidance in the mid-infrared. In Proceedings of the ACOLS ACOFT 09 Conference (pp. 205-206). CDROM: Australian Optical Society.
2009 Lancaster, D., & Jackson, S. (2009). In-fiber resonant pumping of a fiber laser. In Proceedings of Fiber Lasers Vol. 7195 (pp. Technology, Systems, and Applications, SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering vol. 7195, 71950P (2009), held in San Jose, California, 26 January 2009.). San Jose, CA, USA: SPIE.
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2008 Jovanovic, N., Marshall, G., Fuerbach, A., Town, G., Withford, M., Bennetts, S., & Lancaster, D. (2008). Compact, all fibre, linearly polarised, single-mode Ytterbium doped fibre laser utilizing point-by-point inscribed intra-core fibre Bragg gratings. In Proceedings of Photoni Vol. 6801 (pp. Design, Technology, and Packaging III, SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering Vol. 6801, 68010O (2007), held in Canberra, ACT, Australia, December 5 2007). Canberra, Australia: SPIE.
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2008 Hemming, A., Bennetts, S., Davidson, A., Carmody, N., & Lancaster, D. (2008). A 226W hiqh power tm fibre laser. In OECC/ACOFT 2008 - Joint Conference of the Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference and the Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology (pp. 1.-2.). Sydney, NSW: IEEE.
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2008 Sabella, A., Hemming, A., Bennetts, S., Jackson, S., & Lancaster, D. (2008). Multiple-watt Tm3+, Ho3+-co-doped silica fibre laser tunable across both dopant transitions. In OECC/ACOFT 2008 - Joint Conference of the Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference and the Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology (pp. 1-2). Sydney, NSW: IEEE.
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2008 Lancaster, D., Bennetts, S., Sabella, A., Henry, P., & Jackson, S. (2008). In-fibre resonant pumping of a fibre laser. In OECC/ACOFT 2008 - Joint Conference of the Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference and the Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology (pp. 1-2). Sydney, NSW: IEEE.
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2008 Hemming, A., Sabella, A., Bennetts, S., Jackson, S., & Lancaster, D. (2008). A 4W tunable Tm3+:Ho3+ silica fibre laser. In Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. San Jose, California.
2008 Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Foo, H., Moore, R., Li, Y., Zhang, W., Monro, T., . . . Lancaster, D. (2008). Fluoride glass microstructured optical fibre with large mode area and mid-infrared transmission. In Proceedings of the Joint Conference of the Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference and the Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology, OECC/ACOFT 2008, Sydney, 7-10 July 2008 (pp. 1-2). United States: IEEE.
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2008 Bennetts, S., Hemming, A., Davidson, A., & Lancaster, D. (2008). 110W 790nm pumped 1908nm thulium fibre laser. In OECC/ACOFT 2008 - Joint Conference of the Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference and the Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology (pp. 1-2). Sydney, NSW: IEEE.
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2006 Lancaster, D., Hemmings, A., Bennetts, S., & Jackson, S. (2006). Power scaling of a 60% efficient, 793 nm pumped, 2 μm large mode area fibre laser. In ACOFT/AOS 2006 - Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology/Australian Optical Society (pp. 46-47). Melbourne, VIC: IEEE.
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2006 Frith, G., & Lancaster, D. (2006). Power scalable and efficient 790-nm pumped Tm3+-doped fibre lasers. In Proceedings of Fiber Lasers I Vol. 6102 (pp. Technology, Systems, and Applications, SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering, Vol. 6102, 610208 (2006), held in San Jose, CA, USA, 23 January 2006.). San Jose, CA, USA: SPIE.
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2005 Frith, G., Lancaster, D., & Jackson, S. (2005). 85W Tm³⁺-doped 2μm fibre laser pumped at 793nm.. In Proceedings of the Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meetin (pp. pp.746-pp.747). Sydney, NSW: IEEE.
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2004 Karaganov, V., Law, M., Kaesler, M., Lancaster, D., & Taylor, M. (2004). Engineering development of a directed IR countermeasure laser. In Proceedings of Technologies for Optical Countermeasures Vol. 5615, 48 (pp. pp.48-pp.53). London, UK: SPIE.
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2004 Lancaster, D. (2004). Laser pumped cascaded optical parametric oscillators for watt level Mid-IR generation. In Proceedings of Solid State Laser Technologies and Femtosecond Phenomena Vol. 5620, 70 (pp. pp.70-pp.76). London, UK: SPIE.
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2004 Frith, G., Lancaster, D., & Jackson, S. (2004). High power 2-µm Tm3+-doped fibre lasers. In Proceedings of Solid State Laser Technologies and Femtosecond Phenomena Vol. 5620, 36 (pp. pp.36-pp.45). London, UK: SPIE.
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2003 Bennetts, S., Lancaster, D., & Munch, J. (2003). Diffractive optics for beam combination and steering of fibre laser arrays. In Australasian Conference on Optics, Lasers and Spectroscopy, 2003. Melbourne, Australia.
2001 Lancaster, D., Richter, D., & Tittel, F. (2001). Spectroscopic applications of QPM devices. In Proceedings of the Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO - Technical Digest Vol. 1, 2001 (pp. pp. 128-pp. 129). Chiba, Japan: IEEE.
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2000 Lancaster, D., Rehle, D., Leleux, D., & Tittel, F. (2000). Sub-ppb detection of trace gas species with a high-power diode-pumped cw difference-frequency sensor. In Proceedings of the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optic (pp. p.514). San Francisco, CA , USA: IEEE.
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2000 Tittel, F., Richter, D., Rehle, D., Leleux, D., Lancaster, D., Fraser, M., & Fried, A. (2000). Laser absorption spectroscopy of atmospheric formaldehyde. In Proceedings of the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europ (pp. 1). Nice, France: IEEE.
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2000 Richter, D., Lancaster, D., & Tittel, F. (2000). Development of an automated multispecies gas sensor using diode laser pumped difference-frequency generation. In Proceedings of the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optic (pp. pp. 495-496.). San Francisco, CA , USA: IEEE.
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1999 Tittel, F., Lancaster, D., Richter, D., Goldberg, L., & Koplow, J. (1999). Compact mid-infrared trace gas sensor based on difference frequency mixing. In Proceedings from Application of Tunable Diode and Other Infrared Sources for Atmospheric Studies and Industrial Processing Monitoring II Vol. 3758, 2 (pp. pp.2-pp.10). Denver, CO, USA: SPIE.
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1998 Putnam, R., & Lancaster, D. (1998). A Fully automated diode laser based difference frequency spectrometer tunable from 12-16 µm. In Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe - Technical Digest Vol. 1998 (pp. p.149). Glasgow, Scotland: IEEE.
1998 Lancaster, D., Tittel, F., Richter, D., Petrov, K., & Curl, R. (1998). Tunable mid-infrared laser-based gas sensors: new technologies and applications. In Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics - Technical Digest Vol. 1998 (pp. pp.91-pp.92). San Francisco, CA, USA: IEEE.
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1998 Lancaster, D., Curl, R., Tittel, F., Goldberg, L., & Koplow, J. (1998). Novel gas sensor based on difference frequency mixing using all fiber beam delivery. In Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe - Technical Digest Vol. 1998 (pp. p.156). Glasgow, Scotland: IEEE.
1998 Tittel, F., Lancaster, D., Richter, D., & Curl, R. (1998). Mid infrared sensors using periodically poled LiNbO3 for trace gas detection. In Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe - Technical Digest Vol. 1998 (pp. pp.67). Glasgow, Scotland: IEEE.

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2023 Sarkar, M. N. I., Nguyen, L. V., Kilpatrick, A. D., Lancaster, D. G., & Warren Smith, S. C. (2023). Respiratory rate monitoring using a dynamic multimode fibre specklegram sensor enabled by deep learning. Poster session presented at the meeting of Proceedings - 28th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, OFS 2023. US: Optical Society of America.
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2017 Lancaster, D. G., Bourbeau Hébert, N., Deschenes, J., Bergeron, H., Chen, G. Y., Khurmi, C., & Genest, J. (2017). Dual-comb spectroscopy based on mode-locked chip lasers. Poster session presented at the meeting of The Australian and New Zealand Conference on Optics and Photonics. New Zealand.
2015 Michaud, B., Gross, S., Genest, J., & Lancaster, D. G. (2015). Watt-level In-band pumped Ho: ZBLAN waveguide chip laser at 2.1 µm. Poster session presented at the meeting of European Conference on Lasers and Electrooptics. Germany: OSA Publishing.
2015 Lancaster, D., Li, Y., Duan, Y., Withford, M., & Monro, T. (2015). Large-aperture erbium fluorozirconate glass-chip amplifiers and lasers. Poster session presented at the meeting of Optics InfoBase Conference Papers. online: OSA.
2013 Palmer, G., Gross, S., Furbach, A., Lancaster, D. G., Monroe, T. M., & Withford, M. J. (2013). Efficient direct-laser written Yb:ZBLAN waveguide laser. Poster session presented at the meeting of 2013 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & International Quantum Electronics Conference. Munich: IEEE Computer Society.
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2016 Monro, T., Lancaster, D., Fuerbach, A., Afshar Vahid, S., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Warren-Smith, S., & Ruan, Y. (2016). 08772697.2, Optical Fiber Sensor. France.
2015 Monro, T., Lancaster, D., & Fuerbach, A. (2015). 2011335892, Element for the amplification of a light and method of making the same. Australia.
2014 Monro, T., Lancaster, D., & Fuerbach, A. (2014). 8837534, Element for the amplification of a light and method of making the same. United States of America.

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Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
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2022 Co-Supervisor - Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Jingchun Zhou
2021 Co-Supervisor - Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Md Nazmul Islam Sarkar

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2010 - 2012 Co-Supervisor Two Micron Tm Doped ZBLAN Double Clad Fibre Laser Master of Science Master Full Time Mr Md. Samiul Islam Sarker
2009 - 2015 External Supervisor Development of continuous-wave Tm:YAlO3 lasers for high power applications Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Ka Wu

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