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Research project

Lasers making Lasers

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Robert Eason

Connect with Robert

Email: rwe@orc.soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

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

Nanophotonics Group

We perform fundamental optical physics and materials research. This is critical for the discovery and development of new and improved optoelectronic technologies.

Research outputs

Particulate reduction in PLD-grown crystalline films via bi-directional target irradiation
Jake, Jonathan Prentice, James Grant-Jacob, Jacob Mackenzie, Robert Eason & Sergey Kurilchik, 2019, Applied Physics A: Materials Science & Processing, 125
DOI: 10.1007/s00339-019-2456-5
Type: article
Functional crystal films fabricated by pulsed laser deposition
Jacob Mackenzie, Jake, Jonathan Prentice, James Grant-Jacob, Sergey Kurilchik, David Shepherd & Robert Eason, 2018
Type: conference
Pulsed laser deposition of crystalline garnet waveguides at a growth rate of 20 µm per hour
James A. Grant-Jacob, Stephen J. Beecher, Jake J. Prentice, David P. Shepherd, Jacob I. Mackenzie & Robert W. Eason, 2017, Surface and Coatings Technology
DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2017.12.008
Type: article
Dynamic control of refractive index during pulsed laser deposited waveguide growth
James Grant-Jacob, Stephen J. Beecher, Haris Riris, Anthony Yu, David P. Shepherd, Robert W. Eason & Jacob I. Mackenzie, 2017, Optical Materials Express
DOI: 10.1364/OME.7.004073
Type: article
Engineering of thin crystal layers grown by pulsed laser deposition
James Grant-Jacob, Stephen Beecher, Tina Parsonage, Ping Hua, Jacob Mackenzie, David Shepherd & Robert Eason, 2016
DOI: 10.1117/12.2229747
Type: conference