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Department of Physics and Astronomy

Rich Mildren Publications (Post 2000, peer-reviewed)

2016

H. Jasbeer, R.J. Williams, O. Kitzler, A. McKay, S. Sarang, J. Lin and R.P. Mildren, "Birefringence and piezo-Raman analysis of single crystal CVD diamond and effects on Raman laser performance," J. Opt. Soc. Amer. B, vol. 33, B56-64, (2016)

2015

A. Sabella, D.J. Spence, and R.P. Mildren,"Pump-Probe measurements of the Raman gain coefficient in crystals Using multi-longitudinal-mode beams," IEEE J. Quantum Electron., vol. 51, no. 12, 1000108, (2015).

A. McKay, R. P. Mildren, D. W. Coutts, and D. J. Spence, "SRS in the strong-focusing regime for Raman amplifiers," Opt. Express, vol. 23, no. 11, pp. 15012–15020, (2015).

O. Kitzler, A. McKay, D.J. Spence and R.P. Mildren, "Modelling and Optimization of Continuous-Wave External Cavity Raman Lasers", Opt. Express, vol. 23, 8590-8602, (2015)

M. Murtagh, J. Lin, R. P. Mildren, G. McConnell, and D. J. Spence, "Efficient diamond Raman laser generating 65 fs pulses," Opt. Express, vol. 23, no. 12, pp. 15504–15513, (2015).

R. J. Williams, J. Nold, M. Strecker, O. Kitzler, A. McKay, T. Schreiber, and R. P. Mildren, “Efficient Raman frequency conversion of high-power fiber lasers in diamond,” Laser Photon. Rev., vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 405–411, (2015).

2014

R.J. Williams, A.M. McKay, O. Kitzler and R.P. Mildren, "Investigating diamond Raman lasers at the 100 W-level using quasi-cw pumping," Opt. Lett., vol. 39, 4152-4155 (2014)

A. Sabella, J.A. Piper, and R.P. Mildren, "Diamond Raman laser with continuously tuneable output from 3.38 to 3.80 microns," Opt. Lett., vol. 39, 4037-4040 (2014)

O. Lux, V. G. Ralchenko, A. P. Bolshakov, V. I. Konov, G. V Sharonov, A. Shirakawa, H. Yoneda, H. Rhee, H. J. Eichler, R. P. Mildren, and A. A. Kaminskii, "Multi-octave frequency comb generation by chi-(3) -nonlinear optical processes in CVD diamond at low temperatures," Laser Phys. Lett., vol. 11, p. 086101, (2014).

A. McKay, O. Kitzler and R.P. Mildren, "Simultaneous brightness enhancement and wavelength conversion to the eye-safe region in a high-power diamond Raman laser," Laser & Photonics Reviews, vol. 7, L37-L41, (2014).

M. Murtagh, J. Lin, R.P. Mildren, and D.J. Spence, "Ti:Sapphire-pumped diamond Raman laser with sub-100 fs pulse duration," Opt. Lett., vol. 39, 2975-2978 (2014).

C.G. Baldwin, J.E. Downes, C.J. McMahon, C. Bradac, and R.P. Mildren, "Nano-structuring and oxidation of diamond by novel two-photon UV surface excitation: An XPS and NEXAFS study," Phys. Rev B, vol. 89, 195422 (2014).

A. Lehmann, C. Bradac, and R. P. Mildren, "Two-photon polarization-selective etching of emergent nano-structures on diamond surfaces," Nature Commun. vol. 5, 3341 (2014)

A. McKay, O. Kitzler and R.P. Mildren, "Thermal lens evolution and compensation in a high power KGW Raman laser," Optics Express, vol. 22, 6707-6718 (2014).

A. McKay, O. Kitzler and R.P. Mildren, "High power tungstate-crystal Raman laser operating in the strong thermal lensing regime" Optics Express, vol. 11, 707-715, (2014)

A.M. Warrier, J. Lin, H.M. Pask, R.P. Mildren, D.W. Coutts, and D.J. Spence, "Highly efficient picosecond diamond Raman laser at 1240 and 1485 nm," Optics Express, vol. 22, 3325-3333 (2014).

2013

R.P. Mildren and J.R. Rabeau (Eds), "Optical Engineering of Diamond" (Wiley-VCH) 446 pages, ISBN: 978-3-527-41102-3 (2013)

A. McKay, O. Kitzler and R.P. Mildren, "An efficient 14.5W diamond Raman laser at high pulse repetition rate with first (1240 nm) and second (1485 nm) Stokes output," Laser Physics Letters, vol. 10, 105801 (2013)

R.P. Mildren, "Intrinsic optical properties of diamond," in Optical Engineering of Diamond (Wiley) pp1-34, 2013

R.P. Mildren, A. Sabella, O. Kitzler, D.J. Spence and A. McKay, "Diamond Raman laser design, performance and prospects," in Optical Engineering of Diamond (Wiley), pp239-276 , 2013

L.J. Cronin, R.P. Mildren, M. Moffitt, A. Lauto, O. Morton and C.M. Stack, "An investigation into the inhibitory effect of ultraviolet radiation on Trichophyton rubrum," Lasers Med. Sci., DOI 10.1007/s10103-013-1287-4 (2013)

2012

O. Kitzler, A.M. McKay and R.P. Mildren, "Continuous-wave wavelength conversion for high power applications using an external cavity diamond Raman laser," Opt. Lett., 37, 2790-2792 (2012)

R.P. Mildren: Recent progress in diamond Raman lasers, in Diamond Electronics and Bioelectronics - Fundamentals to Applications III, edited by O. Williams, P. Bergonzo, R.B. Jackman, K.P. Loh, (Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Volume 1395, Warrendale, PA, 2012). mrsf11-1395-n01-01 doi:10.1557/opl.2012.327 * Invited *

2011

A. Sabella, J.A. Piper, and R.P. Mildren, "Efficient conversion of a 1.064 um Nd:YAG laser to the eye-safe region using a diamond Raman laser," Opt. Express 19, 23554-23560 (2011)

R.J. Carman, R.P. Mildren, I.S. Falconer, N.V. Sewraj, and E. Leyssenne, "Streak Images of the Breakdown Phase of a Pulsed Dielectric Barrier Discharge in Nitrogen," IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science 39, 2132-2133 (2011)

R.J. Carman, I.S. Falconer, and R.P. Mildren, "Dynamics of the Electrical Breakdown Phase of a Pulsed Dielectric Barrier Discharge in Neon," IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science 39, 330-331 (2011)

R.P. Mildren, J.E. Downes, J.D. Brown, B.F. Johnston, E. Granados, D.J. Spence, A. Lehmann, L. Weston, and A. Bramble, "Characteristics of 2-photon ultraviolet laser etching of diamond," Opt. Mater. Express 1, 576-585 (2011)

E. Granados, D.J. Spence, and R.P. Mildren, "Deep ultraviolet diamond Raman laser," Optics Express, vol. 19, pp. 20422-20427.(2011)

R.P. Mildren "Side-pumped crystalline Raman laser," Opt. Lett. , 36, 235-237 (2011)

2010

A. Sabella, J.A. Piper and R.P. Mildren "1240nm diamond Raman laser operating near the quantum limit," Opt. Lett., 35, 3874-3876 (2010)

R.P. Mildren: The Outlook for Diamond in Raman Laser Applications, in Diamond Electronics and Bioelectronics - Fundamentals to Applications III, edited by P. Bergonzo, J.E. Butler, R.B. Jackman, K.P. Loh, M. Nesladek (Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Volume 1203, Warrendale, PA, 2010), J13-01. * Invited *

D. J. Spence, E. Granados, and R. P. Mildren, "Mode locked picosecond diamond Raman laser", Opt. Lett. vol. 35, p556 (2010).

2009

R.P. Mildren and A. Sabella, "Highly efficient diamond Raman Laser," Opt. Lett. , vol. 34, pp2811-3, (2009)

R.P. Mildren, D.W. Coutts and D.J. Spence, "All-solid-state parametric Raman anti-Stokes laser at 508 nm," Opt. Express vol. 17, p810-818, (2009)

2008

R.P. Mildren, J.E. Butler and J.R. Rabeau, "External cavity diamond Raman laser at 573 nm," Opt. Express vol. 16, p18950-18955, (2008)

H.M. Pask, R.P. Mildren and J.A. Piper, "Optical field dynamics in a wavelength-versatile, all-solid-state intracavity cascaded pulsed Raman laser", Appl. Phys B., p507-513, (2008)

H.M. Pask, P. Dekker, R.P. Mildren, D.J. Spence and J.A. Piper, "Wavelength-versatile visible and UV sources based on crystalline Raman lasers", Prog. Quantum Electron., p121-158 (2008) * Invited Review*

R.P. Mildren and J.A. Piper, "Increased wavelength options in the visible and ultraviolet for Raman lasers operating on dual Raman modes," Opt. Express, vol. 16, p3261-3272, (2008)

D.J. Spence, Y. Zhao, S.D. Jackson, and R.P. Mildren, "An investigation into Raman mode locking of fiber lasers," Opt. Express, Vol. 16, No. 8 p5277-5289 (2008)

2007

R.P. Mildren, "Wavelength selectable solid-state Raman lasers in the visible and ultraviolet ranges," Int. J. Optics and Photonics, vol. 1, p45-53, (2007)* Invited Paper *

D.J. Spence and R.P. Mildren, "Mode locking using stimulated Raman scattering", Opt. Express, vol. 15, pp. 8170-8175, (2007)

R.P. Mildren, H. Ogilvy and J.A. Piper, "Solid-state Raman laser generating discretely tunable ultraviolet between 266-321nm", Opt. Lett., vol. 32, pp814-6, (2007)

2006

D.J. Baer, G.D. Marshall, D.W. Coutts, R.P. Mildren, and M.J. Withford, "Simple method enabling pulse on command from high power, high frequency lasers," Rev. Sci. Instrum., vol. 77, pp093103-7, (2006)

2005

H. Ogilvy, M.J. Withford, R.P. Mildren, and J.A. Piper, "Investigation of the pump wavelength influence on pulsed laser pumped Alexandrite lasers," Appl. Phys B, vol. 81, pp637-644, (2005)

R.P. Mildren, H.M. Pask and J.A. Piper, "Raman laser offer power and wavelength versatility," Photonics Spectra, Feature Article, Vol. 35, July Issue, (2005)

H.M. Pask, H. Ogilvy and J.A. Piper, "Discretely tunable, all-solid-state laser in the green, yellow and red", Opt. Lett., vol. 30, pp1500-2, (2005)

R.J. Carman, R.P. Mildren and I.S. Falconer, "Dynamics of a homogeneous dielectric barrier discharge in xenon excited by short voltage pulses" IEEE Trans Plasma Sci., vol. 33, pp330-1, (2005)

R.P. Mildren, G.D. Marshall and D.W. Coutts, "Anomalous discharge mode in a kinetically-enhanced copper vapor laser: Visualization by hook method" IEEE Trans Plasma Sci., vol. 33, pp376-7, (2005)

R.J. Carman, R.P. Mildren, B.K. Ward and D.M. Kane, "High-pressure (>1 bar) dielectric barrier discharge lamps generating short pulses of high-peak-power vacuum ultra-violet radiation", J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys., vol. 37, p2399-2407, (2004)

2004

A. Argyros, M.A. van Eijkelenborg, S.D. Jackson and R.P.Mildren, "A microstructured polymer fibre laser", Opt. Lett.,, in press (2004)

R.J. Carman, R.P. Mildren, B.K. Ward and D.M. Kane, "High-pressure (>1 bar) dielectric barrier discharge lamps generating short pulses of high-peak-power vacuum ultra-violet radiation", J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys., in press (2004)

R.P. Mildren, M. Convery, H.M. Pask, J.A. Piper and T. Mckay, "Efficient, all-solid-state, Raman laser in the yellow, orange and red", Opt. Express, vol. 12, pp785-790 (2004)

*Review Article*

M.J. Withford, R.P. Mildren, R.J. Carman, D.J.W. Brown, G.D. Marshall, and J.A. Piper, “Recent advances in copper vapour laser technology”, Prog. Quantum Electron, vol. 28, p144, (2004)

2003

R.P. Mildren and J.A. Piper, "Compact and efficient kinetically enhanced copper vapor lasers of high average power (100W)", Opt Lett., vol. 28, pp1936-8, (2003)

R.P. Mildren, G.D. Marshall. M.J. Withford, D.W. Coutts and J.A. Piper, "Input/Output scaling of compact (0.8L) kinetically enhanced copper vapour laser", IEEE J. Quantum Electron., vol. 39, pp773-777, (2003)

D.M Kane, A.J.J. Fernandes and R.P. Mildren, "Optical Microscopy Imaging and Image Analysis Issues in Laser Cleaning", Appl. Phys. A., A77, pp847-53, (2003)

R.J. Carman and R.P. Mildren, “Computer modelling of a short-pulse excited dielectric barrier discharge Xenon excimer lamp (lambda~172nm)” J.Phys.D:Applied Physics, vol. 36, pp19-33, (2003)

R.P. Mildren, "Cu HyBrID Laser Kinetics: Optimization of HBr Partial Pressure and Flow Rate", IEEE J. Quantum Electron., vol. 37, pp592-599, (2003)

R.P. Mildren, M.J. Withford, J.A. Piper and G.D. Marshall, “Specific output power scaling of kinetically-enhanced copper vapour lasers”, in Proc. SPIE, in press, (2003)

2002

R.P. Mildren, R.J. Carman and Falconer IS, “Visible & VUV emission from a xenon dielectric barrier discharge using pulsed and sinusoidal voltage excitation waveforms” IEEE Trans Plasma Sci., vol. 30, pp192-3, (2002)

R.J. Carman and R.P. Mildren, “Computer modelling of electrical breakdown in a pulsed dielectric barrier discharge in xenon” IEEE Trans Plasma Sci., vol. 30, pp154-155, (2002)

2001

R.J. Carman, R.P. Mildren, J.A. Piper, G.D. Marshall and D.W. Coutts, “Plasma kinetics issues for repetition rate scaling of kinetically enhanced copper vapour lasers” in Proc. SPIE, vol. 4184,  Gas Flow & Chemical Lasers and High Power Gas Lasers pp. 215-218, (2001)

R.J. Carman, R.P. Mildren, J.A. Piper, G.D. Marshall and D.W. Coutts, “Plasma kinetics issues for repetition rate scaling of kinetically enhanced copper vapour lasers”, in Proc. SPIE, vol.4184, p215-8, (2001)

R.P. Mildren, R.J. Carman and J.A. Piper, “Time resolved H atom density measurements in a Cu HyBrID laser”, in Proc. SPIE, vol.4184, pp191-4, (2001)

R.P. Mildren and R.J. Carman, “Enhanced performance of a dielectric barrier discharge lamp using short-pulsed excitation”, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. vol. 34, pL1-6, (2001)

R.P. Mildren, R.J. Carman, and I.S. Falconer, “Visible and VUV images of dielectric barrier discharges in Xe”, J. Phys. D:Appl. Phys., vol.34, no.23, pp.3378-82, (2001)

2000

R.J. Carman, R.P. Mildren, M.J. Withford, D.J.W. Brown and J.A. Piper, “Modelling the plasma kinetics in a kinetically enhanced copper vapour laser utilizing HCl + H2 admixtures”, IEEE J. Quantum Electron., vol. 36, pp438-49, (2000)

R.P. Mildren, “The role of buffer-gas flow in copper HyBrID lasers”, IEEE J. Quantum Electron. vol. 36, pp1145-1150, (2000)

D.J.W. Brown, M.J. Withford, R.J. Carman, R.P. Mildren and J.A. Piper, “High-average-power, high-beam-quality vis-UV sources based on kinetically enhanced copper vapour lasers", in Proc SPIE, vol. 3889, p261-72, (2000)

R.J. Carman and R.P. Mildren, “Electron energy distribution functions for modelling the plasma kinetics in dielectric barrier discharges”, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. vol. 33, pL99-103, (2000)