David W. Coutts

1989

Sum frequency mixing of copper vapor laser output in KDP and β-BBO

Coutts, D. W., Ainsworth, M. D. & Piper, J. A., 1989, In : IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. 25, 9, p. 1985-1987 3 p.

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laser outputs

Vapors

Pumps

vapors

Copper

1990

Efficient green/yellow conversion of copper vapour laser output

Coutts, D. W., Ainsworth, M. D. & Piper, J. A., 1 Mar 1990, In : Optics Communications. 75, 3-4, p. 301-306 6 p.

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laser outputs

Copper

amplifiers

Vapors

Pumps

Enhanced efficiency of UV second harmonic and sum frequency generation from copper vapor lasers

Coutts, D. W., Ainsworth, M. D. & Piper, J. A., 1990, In : IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. 26, 9, p. 1555-1558 4 p.

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Vapors

vapors

Copper

harmonics

copper

1991

Investigation of practical high repetition rate copper vapour lasers with external heating

Ainsworth, M. D., Brown, D. J. W., Coutts, D. W. & Piper, J. A., Jan 1991, In : Optical and Quantum Electronics. 23, 4, p. S539-S548 10 p.

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Copper

repetition

Vapors

vapors

Heating

1992

Observation of the temporal evolution of transverse coherence in copper vapour lasers

Coutts, D. W., Ainsworth, M. D. & Piper, J. A., 15 Feb 1992, In : Optics Communications. 87, 5-6, p. 245-248 4 p.

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Copper

Vapors

vapors

copper

Lasers

One Watt Average Power by Second Harmonic and Sum Frequency Generation from a Single Medium Scale Copper Vapor Laser

Coutts, D. W. & Piper, J. A., 1992, In : IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. 28, 8, p. 1761-1764 4 p.

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Vapors

vapors

Copper

harmonics

copper

1993

Measurements of the divergence evolution of a copper-vapor laser output by using a cylindrical imaging technique

Coutis, D. W., Brown, D. J. W. & Piper, J. A., 20 Apr 1993, In : Applied Optics. 32, 12, p. 2058-2061 4 p.

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laser outputs

imaging techniques

Resonators

Lenses

divergence

1994

Influence of off-axis unstable resonator alignment on copper vapour laser output divergence

Coutts, D. W., 15 Dec 1994, In : Optics Communications. 113, 1-3, p. 283-291 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

laser outputs

far fields

Copper

Resonators

divergence

1995

Formation of output in copper vapor lasers

Coutts, D. W. & Brown, D. J. W., 1995, In : Applied Optics. 34, 9, p. 1502-1512 11 p.

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Vapors

vapors

Copper

copper

Lasers

Increased efficiency of high-beam quality extraction from a copper vapor laser with H₂–Ne admixtures

Withford, M. J., Brown, D. J. W., Coutts, D. W. & Piper, J. A., 1995, In : IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. 31, 5, p. 898-902 5 p.

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Beam quality

admixtures

Vapors

vapors

Copper

Optimization of Line-Focusing Geometry for Efficient Nonlinear Frequency Conversion from Copper-Vapor Lasers

Coutts, D. W., 1995, In : IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. 31, 12, p. 2208-2214 7 p.

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frequency converters

Conversion efficiency

Vapors

vapors

Copper

Production of high average power UV by second-harmonic and sum-frequency generation from copper-vapor lasers

Courts, D. W. & Brown, D. J. W., Sep 1995, In : IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics. 1, 3, p. 768-778 11 p.

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Vapors

vapors

Copper

harmonics

copper

Time Resolved Beam Divergence from a Copper Vapor Laser with Unstable Resonator

Coutts, D. W., 1995, In : IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. 31, 2, p. 330-342 13 p.

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Resonators

divergence

resonators

Vapors

vapors

1998

Efficient generation of near diffraction-limited beam-quality output from medium-scale copper vapor laser oscillators

Kapitan, D., Coutts, D. W. & Webb, C. E., Mar 1998, In : IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. 34, 3, p. 419-426 8 p.

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Beam quality

buffers

Diffraction

Vapors

oscillators

High average power blue generation from a copper vapour laser pumped titanium sapphire laser

Coutts, D. W., Wadsworth, W. J. & Webb, C. E., Jun 1998, In : Journal of Modern Optics. 45, 6, p. 1185-1197 13 p.

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sapphire

titanium

vapors

copper

output

UV laser ablation and irm-GCMS microanalysis of ¹⁸O/¹⁶O and ¹⁷O/¹⁶O with application to a calcium-aluminium-rich inclusion from the Allende meteorite

Young, E. D., Coutts, D. W. & Kapitan, D., Sep 1998, In : Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 62, 18, p. 3161-3168 8 p.

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Allende meteorite

Silicate minerals

Computer aided instruction

Meteorites

Fluorination

1999

10kHz continuously tunable Ce:LiLuF4 laser

McGonigle, A. J. S., Girard, S., Coutts, D. W. & Moncorgé, R., 16 Sep 1999, In : Electronics Letters. 35, 19, p. 1640-1641 2 p.

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Lasers

Prisms

Wavelength

380-mW 7-kHz cerium LiLuF laser pumped by the frequency doubled yellow output of a copper-vapor-laser

McGonigle, A. J. S., Coutts, D. W. & Webb, C. E., Nov 1999, In : IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics. 5, 6, p. 1526-1531 6 p.

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Cerium

cerium

Vapors

vapors

Copper

530-mW 7-kHz cerium LiCAF laser pumped by the sum-frequency-mixed output of a copper-vapor laser

McGonigle, A. J. S., Coutts, D. W. & Webb, C. E., 15 Feb 1999, In : Optics Letters. 24, 4, p. 232-234 3 p.

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cerium

vapors

copper

output

lasers

Kilohertz pulse repetition frequency slab Ti:sapphire lasers with high average power (10 W)

Wadsworth, W. J., Coutts, D. W. & Webb, C. E., 20 Nov 1999, In : Applied Optics. 38, 33, p. 6904-6911 8 p.

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Sapphire

Laser pulses

repetition

sapphire

slabs

2000

Repetition rate scaling up to 100 kHz of a small-scale (50 W) kinetically enhanced copper vapor laser

Marshall, G. D. & Coutts, D. W., Jul 2000, In : IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics. 6, 4, p. 623-628 6 p.

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repetition

Vapors

vapors

Copper

scaling

2001

A 10 kHz Ce:LiSAF laser pumped by the sum-frequency-mixed output of a copper vapour laser

McGonigle, A. J. S., Coutts, D. W., Girard, S. & Moncorgé, R., 15 Jun 2001, In : Optics Communications. 193, 1-6, p. 233-236 4 p.

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Copper

Vapors

vapors

copper

Lasers

High-repetition-rate polymeric solid-state dye lasers pumped by a copper-vapor laser

Costela, A., García-Moreno, I., Sastre, R., Coutts, D. W. & Webb, C. E., 23 Jul 2001, In : Applied Physics Letters. 79, 4, p. 452-454 3 p.

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solid state lasers

dye lasers

shot

repetition

vapors

Temperature-dependent polarization effects in Ce:LiLuF

McGonigle, A. J. S., Moncorge, R. & Coutts, D. W., 20 Aug 2001, In : Applied Optics. 40, 24, p. 4326-4333 8 p.

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Excited states

Color centers

Fluorescence

Polarization

Crystals

2002

A Ti:sapphire laser end-pumped by a fibre-coupled copper vapour laser

McGonigle, A. J. S. & Coutts, D. W., 1 Aug 2002, In : Optics Communications. 209, 1-3, p. 217-221 5 p.

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Optical fiber coupling

Aluminum Oxide

Sapphire

Copper

sapphire

Compact 2.5-W 10-kHz Nd:YLF-pumped dye laser

Mc Gonigle, A. J. S., Andrews, A. J., Coutts, D. W., Hogan, G. P., Johnston, K. S., Moorhouse, J. D. & Webb, C. E., 1 Jan 2002, In : Applied Optics. 41, 9, p. 1714-1717 4 p.

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Dye lasers

dye lasers

YLF lasers

Laser tuning

Laser resonators

Double-pass copper vapor laser master-oscillator power-amplifier systems: generation of flat-top focused beams for fiber coupling and percussion drilling

Coutts, D. W., Sep 2002, In : IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. 38, 9, p. 1217-1224 8 p.

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percussion

power amplifiers

Power amplifiers

drilling

Drilling

The dynamic properties of shock-waves formed during laser ablation at sub-atmospheric pressures

Kapitan, D. & Coutts, D. W., 2002, In : Europhysics Letters. 57, 2, p. 205-211 7 p.

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dynamic characteristics

laser ablation

shock waves

atmospheric pressure

inert atmosphere

2003

10 kHz repetition rate solid-state dye laser pumped by diode-pumped solid-state laser

Abedin, K. M., Álvarez, M., Costela, A., García-Moreno, I., García, O., Sastre, R., Coutts, D. W. & Webb, C. E., 1 Apr 2003, In : Optics Communications. 218, 4-6, p. 359-363 5 p.

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Dye lasers

Methacrylates

Solid state lasers

solid state lasers

dye lasers

A compact frequency-doubled 10-kHz PRF copper-vapour-laser-pumped dye laser

Mcgonigle, A. J. S., Andrews, A. J., Hogan, G. P., Coutts, D. W. & Webb, C. E., Mar 2003, In : Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics. 76, 3, p. 307-311 5 p.

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dye lasers

vapors

copper

output

oscillators

Cerium lasers provide directly tunable ultraviolet light

McGonigle, A. J. S. & Coutts, D. W., Jun 2003, Laser Focus World, 39, 6, p. 127-132 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to Newspaper/Magazine/Website › Article › Research

Cerium

Lasers

Solid state lasers

Optical radar

Ultrashort pulses

Input/output power scaling of a compact (0.8 L) kinetically enhanced copper-vapor laser

Mildren, R. P., Marshall, G. D., Withford, M. J., Coutts, D. W. & Piper, J. A., Jun 2003, In : IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. 39, 6, p. 773-777 5 p.

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Vapors

vapors

Copper

scaling

copper

2004

Cerium-doped fluoride lasers

Coutts, D. W. & McGonigle, A. J. S., Oct 2004, In : IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. 40, 10, p. 1430-1440 11 p.

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Cerium

cerium

fluorides

Lasers

lasers

Enhanced efficiency and pulse-adjacency effects in high-repetition-rate laser machining

Abedin, K. M., Coutts, D. W. & Webb, C. E., 2004, In : Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing. 78, 5, p. 737-740 4 p.

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laser machining

Laser pulses

repetition

Machining

machining

Method for determination of the volume of material ejected as molten droplets during visible nanosecond ablation

Fishburn, J. M., Withford, M. J., Coutts, D. W. & Piper, J. A., 10 Dec 2004, In : Applied Optics. 43, 35, p. 6473-6476 4 p.

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Ablation

ejection

ablation

Molten materials

pulsed lasers

2005

Anomalous discharge mode in a kinetically-enhanced copper vapor laser: Visualization by "Hook" method

Mildren, R. P., Marshall, G. D. & Coutts, D. W., Apr 2005, In : IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. 33, 2 I, p. 376-377 2 p.

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hooks

vapors

copper

profiles

ducts

Asymmetric beam shaping of a diode-bar laser for multipass pumping of a thin-crystal laser

Jeffries, B. & Coutts, D. W., 2005, In : Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics. 22, 10, p. 2121-2128 8 p.

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pumping

diodes

emitters

pumps

crystals

Efficient all-solid-state Ce:LiLuF laser source at 309 nm

Johnson, K. S., Pask, H. M., Withford, M. J. & Coutts, D. W., 1 Aug 2005, In : Optics Communications. 252, 1-3, p. 132-137 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

Light sources

solid state

Lasers

Solid state lasers

solid state lasers

2006

Low-threshold miniature Ce:LiCAF lasers

Spence, D. J., Liu, H. & Coutts, D. W., 15 Jun 2006, In : Optics Communications. 262, 2, p. 238-240 3 p.

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thresholds

Lasers

Chemical detection

chemical detection

lasers

Simple method enabling pulse on command from high power, high frequency lasers

Baer, D. J., Marshall, G. D., Coutts, D. W., Mildren, R. P. & Withford, M. J., 2006, In : Review of Scientific Instruments. 77, 9, p. 093103-1-093103-5 5 p., 093103.

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commands

Laser pulses

Lasers

pulses

lasers

Study of the fluence dependent interplay between laser induced material removal mechanisms in metals: Vaporization, melt displacement and melt ejection

Fishburn, J. M., Withford, M. J., Coutts, D. W. & Piper, J. A., 15 May 2006, In : Applied Surface Science. 252, 14, p. 5182-5188 7 p.

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Vaporization

ejection

machining

fluence

Metals

Study of the interplay of vaporisation, melt displacement and melt ejection mechanisms under multiple pulse irradiation of metals

Fishburn, J. M., Withford, M. J., Coutts, D. W. & Piper, J. A., 15 Nov 2006, In : Applied Surface Science. 253, 2, p. 662-667 6 p.

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Vaporization

ejection

Laser pulses

Metals

Vapors

Three-level operation of a diode-bar-pumped Yb:S-FAP laser

Jeffries, B. & Coutts, D. W., 1 Aug 2006, In : Optics Communications. 264, 1, p. 55-62 8 p.

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Diodes

diodes

Pumps

pumps

Lasers

Wedged etalon tuning for miniature and monolithic lasers

Spence, D. J., Liu, H. & Coutts, D. W., 1 Aug 2006, In : Optics Letters. 31, 15, p. 2296-2298 3 p.

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tuning

lasers

translating

laser cavities

pumps

2007

Enhanced self-heterodyne performance using a Nd-doped ceramic YAG laser

McKay, A., Dekker, P., Coutts, D. W. & Dawes, J. M., 15 Apr 2007, In : Optics Communications. 272, 2, p. 425-430 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

yttrium-aluminum garnet

YAG lasers

ceramics

Crystalline materials

Neodymium

Laser-based volumetric colour-coded three-dimensional particle velocimetry

McGregor, T. J., Spence, D. J. & Coutts, D. W., Aug 2007, In : Optics and Lasers in Engineering. 45, 8, p. 882-889 8 p.

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Velocity measurement

Color

color

Wavelength

Lasers

2008

Broadly tunable ultraviolet miniature cerium-doped LiLuF lasers

Liu, H., Spence, D. J., Courts, D. W., Sato, H. & Fukuda, T., 4 Feb 2008, In : Optics Express. 16, 3, p. 2226-2231 6 p.

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cerium

pumps

lasers

Brewster angle

laser cavities

Laser-based volumetric flow visualization by digital color imaging of a spectrally coded volume

McGregor, T. J., Spence, D. J. & Coutts, D. W., 2008, In : Review of Scientific Instruments. 79, 1, p. 013710-1-013710-7 7 p., 013710.

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flow visualization

Flow visualization

Color

color

Imaging techniques

2009

All-solid-state parametric Raman anti-Stokes laser at 508 nm

Mildren, R. P., Coutts, D. W. & Spence, D. J., 19 Jan 2009, In : Optics Express. 17, 2, p. 810-818 9 p.

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pumps

solid state

tungstates

Raman lasers

output

Asynchronous cross-correlation for weak ultrafast deep ultraviolet laser pulses

Granados, E., Fuerbach, A., Coutts, D. W. & Spence, D. J., Dec 2009, In : Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics. 97, 4, p. 759-763 5 p.

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ultraviolet lasers

cross correlation

pulses

lasers

sampling