Dr Ori Henderson-Sapir
Grant-Funded Researcher (B)
School of Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences
Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
Ori Henderson-Sapir received the B.Sc. degree in physics and mathematics from Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, and the M.Eng. degree from Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, where he worked on the development of electrically small antennas. He received the Ph.D. degree from the University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia with the Lasers and Optics Group working on the development of mid-infrared fibre optic lasers. Ori then divided his time as an Optics and Laser Engineer at Ellex Medical and as a Research Associate at the University of Adelaide continuing his work with mid-infrared fibre lasers.
Ori always had a keen interest in the commercialisation of the mid-infrared laser technology, so in 2017 he co-founded the laser startup Mirage-Photonics. Ori then joined the Precision Measurement Group at the Institute for Photonics and Advances Sensing (IPAS) working on cryogenic sapphire oscillators ultra-stable clock development and commercial maturation.
Returning to research in near-IR and mid-IR fibre lasers in 2020, Ori worked on a US Air Force-funded project exploring the use of multi-mode optical fibres to scale power in near-IR fibre amplifiers while avoiding nonlinear limitations.
Since joining the University of Adelaide's OzGrav node at the end of 2022, Ori’s research focuses on creating monolithic mid-IR fiber lasers with the aim of integrating them into LIGO's thermal compensation system to enhance performance and expand detection capabilities.
Throughout his career Ori's research focused on mid-infrared fiber lasers development, their applications and pursuing their commercialisation.
My research focuses mainly on mid-infrared fibre lasers and their applications. I am one of the inventors of the dual-wavelength pumping technique that drove long wavelength fibre lasers to higher powers. I have keen interest in both the fundamental operation of mid-infrared fibre lasers of various types and their applications. My current research topics include and ongoing projects include:
- High-power continuous wave (CW) mid-infrared fibre lasers operating at wavelengths beyond 3µm
- Pulsed mid-infrared fibre lasers, especially with mode-locked short pulses.
- Applications of fibre lasers operating around 3.5 µm.
- Numerical modelling of fibre lasers in both steady-state and time domain.
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Awards and Achievements
Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount 2018 Award Eureka Prize for Outstanding Science in Safeguarding Australia Australian Museum/DSTG Australia 10000 2016 Award IPAS Best Paper Competition University of Adelaide - Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS) Australia - 2014 Award IPAS Best Paper competition University of Adelaide - Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS) Australia - 2013 Award Emil Wolf 2013 Paper Competition - United States - 2012 Achievement 3 Minutes Thesis Finalist University of Adelaide Australia - 2011 Award Mery Wicks Award University of Adelaide - Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS) Australia - 2010 Achievement 3 Minutes Thesis University of Adelaide Australia - -
Language Competencies
Language Competency English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review Hebrew Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
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Journals
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Book Chapters
Year Citation 2022 Jackson, S., Tokita, S., Majewski, M., Henderson-Sapir, O., Ottaway, D., Vallee, R., . . . Maes, F. (2022). Spectroscopy of the rare-earth-ion transitions in fluoride glasses. In S. Jackson, R. Vallee, & M. Bernier (Eds.), MID-INFRARED FIBER PHOTONICS Glass Materials, Fiber Fabrication and Processing, Laser and Nonlinear Sources (pp. 333-399). USA: Woodhead Publishing.
DOI Scopus22022 Bernier, M., Fortin, V., Henderson-Sapir, O., Jackson, S., Jobin, F., Li, J., . . . Vallee, R. (2022). High-power continuous wave mid-infrared fluoride glass fiber lasers. In S. Jackson, R. Vallee, & M. Bernier (Eds.), MID-INFRARED FIBER PHOTONICS Glass Materials, Fiber Fabrication and Processing, Laser and Nonlinear Sources (pp. 505-595). USA: Woodhead Publishing.
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Conference Papers
Year Citation 2024 Warren-Smith, S. C., Wisal, K., Chen, C. W., Stone, A. D., Nguyen, L. V., Henderson-Sapir, O., . . . Cao, H. (2024). Suppressing stimulated Brillouin scattering through higher order mode excitation in a multimode fiber. In 2022 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim, CLEO-PR 2022 - Proceedings (pp. 1-2). Sapporo, Japan: IEEE.
DOI2024 Nguyen, L. V., Chen, C. W., Henderson-Sapir, O., Wisal, K., Schartner, E., Ottaway, D., . . . Warren-Smith, S. C. (2024). Suppression of stimulated Brillouin scattering in multimode fiber via adjusting the input wavefront. In 2022 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim, CLEO-PR 2022 - Proceedings (pp. 1-2). Sapporo, Japan: IEEE.
DOI2024 Ottaway, D. J., & Henderson-Sapir, O. (2024). 3.5 µm fiber lasers. In 2022 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim, CLEO-PR 2022 - Proceedings (pp. 1-2). Sapporo, Japan: IEEE.
DOI2024 Wei, S., Henderson-Sapir, O., Nguyen, L. V., Warren-Smith, S. C., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., & Ottaway, D. J. (2024). Near-field beam shaping in high-power single-frequency pulsed Er/Yb co-doped multimode fiber amplifier by seed wavefront modulation. In Abstracts of the SPIE Conference : Fiber Lasers XXI: Technology and Systems (SPIE LASE 2024) Vol. 12865 (pp. 3 pages). Online: SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering.
DOI2024 Henderson-Sapir, O., Gambell, A., Warren-Smith, S. C., & Ottaway, D. J. (2024). 2 µm simple tunable fiber laser source for optimizing pumping of 3.5 µm dual-wavelength pumping systems and material absorption characterization. In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering Vol. 12865 (pp. 2 pages). Online: SPIE.
DOI2024 Sapir, O. H., Wei, S., Holme, C., Smith, D., Warren Smith, S. C., Nguyen, L. V., . . . Ottaway, D. J. (2024). Active beam shaping in a 1.5 µm pulsed single-frequency multimode fibre amplifier. In 2024 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2024 (pp. STu4D.1). Optica Publishing Group.
DOI2024 Smith, D. L., Henderson-Sapir, O., Nguyen, L. V., Warren-Smith, S. C., & Ottaway, D. J. (2024). Multimode fiber amplifier modelling for wavefront shaping applications. In CLEO: Science and Innovations, CLEO: S and I 2024 in Proceedings CLEO 2024, Part of Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (pp. STu4D.4). Charlotte USA: Optical Society of America.
DOI2024 Theodosiou, A., Baravets, Y., Sapir-Henderson, O., Cobcroft, O. T., Sentschuk, S. M., Stone, J. A., . . . Peterka, P. (2024). Low-loss fusion splicing of silica and fluoride fibers. In International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (pp. 1-4). Bari, Italy: IEEE.
DOI2024 Smith, D. L., Henderson-Sapir, O., Nguyen, L. V., Warren-Smith, S. C., & Ottaway, D. J. (2024). Multimode fiber amplifier modelling for wavefront shaping applications. In 2024 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2024. 2024 Sapir, O. H., Wei, S., Holme, C., Smith, D., Warren Smith, S. C., Nguyen, L. V., . . . Ottaway, D. J. (2024). Active beam shaping in a 1.5 µm pulsed single-frequency multimode fibre amplifier. In 2024 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2024. Charlotte, North Carolina United States: Optica Publising Group. 2024 Theodosiou, A., Aubrecht, J., Peterka, P., Kalli, K., & Sapir-Henderson, O. (2024). Beyond 2 μm Bragg grating components for monolithic fiber lasers. In Bragg Gratings, Photosensitivity, and Poling in Glass Waveguides, BGPP 2024 in Proceedings Advanced Photonics Congress 2024 - Part of Optica Advanced Photonics Congress. Quebec City: Optical Society of America. 2023 Henderson-Sapir, O., Brown, D. D., Maclean, M., & Ottaway, D. J. (2023). Applying 3.6 μm Mid-IR Fibre Lasers Beams to Compensate Thermal Lensing in LIGO Detectors. In JSAP-Optica Joint Symposia in Proceedings JSAP-Optica Joint Symposia 2023 Abstracts, JSAP 2023. 2023 A. Theodosiou., O. Henderson-Sapir., & Kyriacos Kalli. (2023). Femtosecond laser written ZBLAN tilted fibre Bragg grating for mode-locked mid-infrared laser applications. In Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 12573 (pp. 1257303). Online: Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers.
DOI Scopus12022 Nguyen, L. V., Chen, C. W., Henderson-Sapir, O., Wisal, K., Schartner, E., Ottaway, D., . . . Warren-Smith, S. C. (2022). Suppression of stimulated Brillouin scattering in multimode fiber via adjusting the input wavefront. In Proceedings of the 2022 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (pp. CTuP1C_02). Sapporo, Japan: Optica Publishing Group.
DOI2022 Warren-Smith, S. C., Wisal, K., Chen, C. W., Douglas Stone, A., Nguyen, L. V., Henderson-Sapir, O., . . . Cao, H. (2022). Suppressing stimulated Brillouin scattering through higher order mode excitation in a multimode fiber. In Optics InfoBase Conference Papers (pp. CThA10C_01). Sapporo, Japan: Optica Publishing Group.
DOI2022 Ottaway, D. J., & Henderson-Sapir, O. (2022). 3.5 µm fiber lasers. In Optics InfoBase Conference Papers (pp. CTuA1A_01). Sapparo, Japan: IEEE.
DOI2022 Henderson-Sapir, O., Bawden, N., Theodosiou, A., Majewski, M. R., Kalli, K., Jackson, S. D., & Ottaway, D. J. (2022). Frequency-shifted feedback mode-locked and tunable 3.5 µm fiber laser and Bragg grating interrogator. In Optics InfoBase Conference Papers (pp. CTuA1A_02). Optica Publishing Group.
DOI2022 Henderson-Sapir, O., Bawden, N., Theodosiou, A., Majewski, M. R., Kalli, K., Jackson, S. D., & Ottaway, D. J. (2022). Frequency-shifted feedback mode-locked and tunable 3.5 µm fiber laser and Bragg grating interrogator. In 2022 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim, CLEO-PR 2022 - Proceedings (pp. 1-2). Sapporo, Japan: IEEE.
DOI2022 Henderson-Sapir, O., Beniwal, D., & Ottaway, D. J. (2022). Numerical optimization of high power 3.5 μm erbium-doped mid-infrared fiber laser and amplifiers. In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering Vol. 11981 (pp. 4 pages). Online: SPIE.
DOI Scopus12021 Bawden, N., Henderson-Sapir, O., Jackson, S. D., & Ottaway, D. J. (2021). Sub-picosecond Fiber Laser at 3.5 µm. In 2021 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2021 - Proceedings (pp. 1-2). online: IEEE.
DOI2020 Henderson-Sapir, O., Fashola, S. O., Bawden, N., Dowler, A., Ng, A., Ottaway, D. J., . . . Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H. (2020). Mid-infrared Er<sup>3+</sup>:ZBLAN waveguide using ZBLAN glass extrusion, femto-second inscription and dual-wavelength pumping for the generation of 3.5 μm lasing. In International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2020 Vol. 2020-July (pp. 1-4). online: IEEE.
DOI Scopus12020 Bawden, N., Henderson-Sapir, O., Majewski, M. R., Woodward, R. I., Jackson, S. D., & Ottaway, D. J. (2020). Q-switched and Mode-locked 3.5 μm Fiber Laser. In 2020 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim, CLEO-PR 2020 - Proceedings (pp. 1-2). online: OSA/IEEE.
DOI Scopus12019 Henderson-Sapir, O., Malouf, A., Bawden, N., Klantsataya, E., Munch, J., Majewski, M. R., . . . Ottaway, D. J. (2019). Erbium-doped mid-infrared fiber lasers. In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering Vol. 10981 (pp. 1-7). online: SPIE.
DOI Scopus22018 Bawden, N., Matsukuma, H., Henderson-Sapir, O., Klantsataya, E., Tokita, S., & Ottaway, D. (2018). Q-switched dual-wavelength pumped 3.5-μm erbium-doped mid-Infrared fiber laser. In I. Hartl, & A. Carter (Eds.), Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering Vol. 10512 (pp. 6 pages). San Francisco, CA: SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING.
DOI Scopus5 WoS22016 Ottaway, D., Henderson-Sapir, O., Jackson, S., Malouf, A., Gorjan, M., & Munch, J. (2016). Erbium-doped Mid-Infrared Fiber Lasers. In CLEO_SI (pp. STh1O.1). San Jose, California: Optical Society of America.
DOI2016 Malouf, A., Henderson-Sapir, O., Gorjan, M., & Ottaway, D. (2016). Modelling and optimisation of a dual-wavelength pumped 3.5 μm fibre laser at the watt leve. In ACOFT Vol. Part F3-ACOFT 2016 (pp. 1-2). Online: OSA.
DOI2015 Henderson-Sapir, O., Munch, J., & Ottaway, D. (2015). Wavelength tunable mid-infrared Er(3+):ZBLAN fiber laser at 3.5 μm using dual wavelength pumping. In Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe - Technical Digest Vol. 2015-August (pp. 1-2). San Jose, CA: OSA.
DOI Scopus6 WoS32015 Henderson-Sapir, O., Munch, J., & Ottaway, D. (2015). Wavelength Tunable Mid-infrared Er3+:ZBLAN Fiber Laser at 3.5 μm using Dual Wavelength Pumping. In CLEO_SI (pp. SW1L.5). San Jose, California: Optical Society of America. 2014 Henderson-Sapir, O., Munch, J., & Ottaway, D. J. (2014). Mid-infrared 3.5 μm band Er3+:ZBLAN fibre laser. In N/A. Canberra, ACT, Australia. 2014 Henderson-Sapir, O., Munch, J., & Ottaway, D. (2014). High Power 3.5 um Fibre Laser. In ASSL (pp. 1-3). Online: Optical Society of America.
Scopus42014 Henderson-Sapir, O., Munch, J., & Ottaway, D. J. (2014). A higher power 3.5 μm fibre laser. In Advanced Solid State Lasers, ASSL 2014 (pp. ATu1A.3). OSA.
DOI Scopus62013 Henderson-Sapir, O., Ottaway, D., & Munch, J. (2013). Development of efficient mid-infrared 3.5μm fiber laser. In Optics InfoBase Conference Papers (pp. FW4B.1). Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.: Optical Society of America.
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Conference Items
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Patents
Year Citation 2018 Henderson-Sapir, O., Munch, J., & Ottaway, D. J. (2018). 2014262132, Dual wavelength pumped laser system and method. Australia. 2017 Henderson-Sapir, O., Munch, J., & Ottaway, D. J. (2017). 9,559,485, Dual wavelength pumped laser system and method. USA. -
Media
Year Citation - Luiten, A., O'Connor, M., Wu, K., Tettamanzi, G., Al-Ashwal, W., Baynes, F., & Henderson-Sapir, O. (n.d.). Sapphire Clock - Defence Applications.
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Preprint
Year Citation 2024 Theodosiou, A., Henderson-Sapir, O., Baravets, Y., Cobcroft, O. T., Sentschuk, S. M., Stone, J. A., . . . Peterka, P. (2024). Understanding the temperature conditions for controlled splicing between
silica and fluoride fibers.
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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2024 Co-Supervisor Stabilised 3.5um fibre laser for Gravitational Wave detector Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Clement Chan 2024 Co-Supervisor Utilising multimode erbium doped fibre amplifiers to generate novel output patterns and high peak and average power at 1.5 microns. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Jassimar Singh 2022 Co-Supervisor Non-Linear Effects in Fibre Lasers Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Darcy Leonard Smith -
Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2017 - 2021 Co-Supervisor Pulsed Fibre Lasers Beyond 3 Micron Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Nathaniel Bawden 2016 - 2020 Co-Supervisor Advancing Mid-IR Lasers Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Andrew Malouf
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Memberships
Date Role Membership Country 2009 - ongoing Member OSA United States 2009 - ongoing Member SPIE United States 2002 - ongoing Member IEEE United States -
Editorial Boards
Date Role Editorial Board Name Institution Country 2021 - ongoing Member Optical and Quantum Electronics Springer Nature Switzerland AG. Switzerland
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