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Research project

Grating Reflectors Enabled laser Applications and Training

  • Research groups:
  • Lead researcher:
    Dr Jacob Mackenzie
  • Research funder:
    European Union
  • Status:
    Not active

Staff

Lead researcher

Dr Jacob Mackenzie

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Waveguide amplifiers and lasers
  • Cryogenically cooled lasers for peak and average power scaling
  • Ultra-fast high repetition rate compact lasers
Connect with Jacob

Email: jim@orc.soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Planar Waveguide and Slab Lasers

We specialise in developing novel photonic materials, waveguide devices, and laser systems for application in remote sensing, defence, manufacturing, and metrology.

Research outputs

Sapphire-based resonant waveguide-grating mirrors: advancing their intra-cavity power density capability
Danish Bashir, Ayoub Boubekraoui, Georgia Mourkioti, Fangfang Li, Petri Karvinen, Markku Kuittinen, Jacob I. Mackenzie, Thomas Graf & Marwan Abdou Ahmed, 2023, Applied Physics B, 130(1)
DOI: 10.1007/s00340-023-08144-2
Type: article
Improved thermal performances of resonant reflection waveguide grating structure
Ayoub Boubekraoui, Danish Bashir, Georgia Mourkioti, Jacob Mackenzie, Thomas Graf & Marwan Abdou Ahmed, 2023
DOI: 10.1109/CLEO/Europe-EQEC57999.2023.10232337
Type: conference
Sc2O3 on sapphire all-crystalline grating–waveguide resonant reflectors
Georgia Mourkioti, Danish Bashir, Goby A. Govindassamy, Fangfang Li, Robert W. Eason, Thomas Graf, Marwan Abdou Ahmed & Jacob I. Mackenzie, 2023, Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics, 129(5)
DOI: 10.1007/s00340-023-08009-8
Type: article
Sub-ps 1030 nm laser-induced damage threshold evaluation of pulsed-laser deposited sesquioxides and magnetron-sputtered metal oxide optical coatings
Marek Stehlík, Goby Govindassamy, Janis Zideluns, Fabien Lemarchand, Frank Wagner, Julien Lumeau, Jacob Mackenzie & Laurent Gallais, 2022
DOI: 10.1117/12.2641792
Type: conference
Crystalline grating-waveguide resonant reflectors
Georgia Mourkioti, Goby Adithya Govindassamy, Fangfang Li, R.W. Eason, Marwan Abdou Ahmed & Jacob Mackenzie, 2022
DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202226702021
Type: conference