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Upconversion Laser

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Photonic Systems, Circuits and Sensors Group

Our group’s research in photonics is helping the development of critical global technologies.

Research outputs

Structural characteristics and optical properties of plasma assisted reactive magnetron sputtered dielectric thin films for planar waveguiding applications
Stuart Pearce, M.D.B. Charlton, J. Hiltunen, J. Puustinen, J. Lappalainen & J.S. Wilkinson, 2012, Surface and Coatings Technology, 206(23), 4930-4939
DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2012.05.110
Type: article
Fabrication of photonic crystals in rare-earth doped chalcogenide glass films for enhanced upconversion
M.E. Pollard, K.J. Knight, G.J. Parker, D.W. Hewak, M.D.B. Charlton, Shibin Jiang, Michel J.F. Digonnet & J. Christopher Dries, 2012
DOI: 10.1117/12.908014
Type: conference
Broadband stimulated four-wave parametric conversion on a tantalum pentoxide photonic chip
Ruiqi Y. Chen, Martin D.B. Charlton & Pavlos G. Lagoudakis, 2011, Optics Express, 19(27), 26343-26352
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.026343
Type: article
Manipulation of optical field distribution in layered composite polymeric – inorganic waveguides
J. Hiltunen, S. Pearce, M. Wang, J. Puustinen, S. Uusitalo, J. Lappalainen, P. Karioja & M.D.B. Charlton, 2011, Applied Physics Letters, 98(11), 111113-[3pp]
DOI: 10.1063/1.3567756
Type: article
Structural and optical properties of yttrium oxide thin films for planar waveguiding applications
S.J. Pearce, G.J. Parker, M.D.B. Charlton & J.S. Wilkinson, 2010, Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films, 28(6), 1388-1392
DOI: 10.1116/1.3503621
Type: article