Advanced waveguide laser source development using ultrafast laser inscription
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Cambridge
Department Name: Engineering
Abstract
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Publications
Beecher S
(2010)
320 fs pulse generation from an ultrafast laser inscribed waveguide laser mode-locked by a nanotube saturable absorber
in Applied Physics Letters
Bonaccorso F
(2010)
Density Gradient Ultracentrifugation of Nanotubes: Interplay of Bundling and Surfactants Encapsulation
in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Bonaccorso F
(2010)
Graphene photonics and optoelectronics
in Nature Photonics
Brida D
(2013)
Ultrafast collinear scattering and carrier multiplication in graphene.
in Nature communications
Cervantes-Sodi F
(2010)
Viscous state effect on the activity of Fe nanocatalysts.
in ACS nano
Chiu K
(2012)
Single-particle probing of edge-state formation in a graphene nanoribbon
in Physical Review B
Elias DC
(2009)
Control of graphene's properties by reversible hydrogenation: evidence for graphane.
in Science (New York, N.Y.)
Engel M
(2012)
Light-matter interaction in a microcavity-controlled graphene transistor.
in Nature communications
| Description | We fabricated a compact, mode-locked, waveguide laser source using ultrafast laser inscription. |
| Exploitation Route | Ultrafast laser inscription exhibits a number of distinct advantages over conventional waveguide fabrication technologies. The first is its material flexibility, the second is its unique 3-D fabrication capability and the third is its direct-write nature. We are currently in discussions with two investors interested in developing the technology further. |
| Sectors | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Chemicals,Communities and Social Services/Policy,Construction,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Education,Electronics,Energy,Environment,Healthcare,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology,Transport |
| Description | This research has significant implications for applications of nanotubes and ultrafast laser inscription in lasers. A spin-off was formed by partner Heriot Watt University |
| Sector | Electronics,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology,Other |
| Impact Types | Economic |
| Description | EC FLAGSHIP GRANT FOR GRAPHENE CENTRE |
| Amount | £1,620,947 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 604391 |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Department | Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 10/2013 |
| End | 03/2016 |
| Description | Genius ITN |
| Amount | £443,231 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | PITN-GA-2010-264694 |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Department | Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 12/2010 |
| End | 11/2014 |
| Description | Graphene Photonics and Electronics |
| Amount | £511,177 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Nokia |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | Global |
| Start | 10/2010 |
| End | 09/2013 |
| Description | Graphene-Driven Revolutions in ICT and Beyond |
| Amount | € 89,000,000 (EUR) |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 04/2016 |
| End | 03/2018 |
| Description | MEM4WIN |
| Amount | £354,677 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NMP3-SL-2012-314578 |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Department | Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 10/2012 |
| End | 03/2016 |
| Description | Rodin |
| Amount | £353,968 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 246026 |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Department | Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 10/2010 |
| End | 09/2013 |
| Description | Sorted Carbon Based Nano Materials for Photonics and Optoelectronics |
| Amount | £21,315 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Cambridge |
| Department | Isaac Newton Trust |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2012 |
| End | 04/2013 |
| Description | WOLFSON MERIT AWARD: OPTOELECTRONICS FROM GRAPHENE, NANOTUBES |
| Amount | £155,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | WM090070 |
| Organisation | The Royal Society |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2010 |
| End | 09/2015 |
| Description | Nokia |
| Organisation | Nokia Research Centre Cambridge |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | n/a |
| Collaborator Contribution | n/a |
| Impact | patents, publications |
| Start Year | 2009 |
| Title | Superconducting materials |
| Description | Partially or fully saturated doped graphene materials are found to be superconducting. The saturation is with hydrogen or halogen. Doping is performed by substitution of carbon atoms or by applying an electric field. Diamond nano-rods are also found to be superconducting. These materials can be used in electronic devices having a gate. |
| IP Reference | US20110269629 |
| Protection | Patent application published |
| Year Protection Granted | |
| Licensed | Commercial In Confidence |
| Impact | N/A |
| Company Name | Cambridge Graphene Ltd |
| Description | Cambridge Graphene offers graphene and 2D material based inks and printing solutions to various industries, including (but not restricted to) electronics, optoelectronics and plastic electronics. |
| Year Established | 2013 |
| Impact | N/A |
| Company Name | CamLase |
| Description | amLase is an innovative manufacturer of low-cost, compact and reliable ultrafast fiber laser modules & systems. Originally span out from the Department of Engineering, Cambridge University, our team is comprised of world-renowned experts in the field of photonic materials and ultrafast laser engineering. |
| Year Established | 2010 |
| Impact | n/a |
| Description | "2d Materials Workshop", EMPA, Zurich |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk at workshop |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | 3rd International Forum on Graphene", Shenzhen, China |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Plenary talk at confrence |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | 5th National Conference of Engineering Physics, Medellin, Colombia |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Plenary talk at conference |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | CIMTEC 2016, Perugia, Italy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Plenary lecture in conference |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Contributed presentations |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | CLEO:2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Contributed presentations |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Carbon 2016, Penn State, USA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Plenary talk at conference |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | GRAPCHINA 2016, Qingdao, China |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Plenary lecture at conference |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Graphene 20xx Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Plenary talk, multiple presentations and display of demonstrators. Discussions with world leading experts in the field. Planning future collaborations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2016 |
| Description | Graphene Study 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Tutorial in Graphene Study (graphene school arranged by the Graphene Flagship) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Graphene week |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Multiple presentations, discussions with world leading experts. Planning future collaborations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014,2015,2016 |
| Description | ICEM 2016 SINGAPORE |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Theme lecture at conference. Discussions with leading academics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | ICIQ, BARCELONA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk at conference |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | IOM3 CAFÉ NANO WORKSHOP, London |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk to launch new initiative "Cafe Nano" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | NANOPOLAND 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Plenary lecture in conference |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | NanoJapan 2016 Tokyo |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Keynote lecture at conference |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Pint of Science |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk in public outreach event at Cambridge Brew House |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Round Table, SPSS Meeting 2016, Oxford, UK |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Panelist in round table discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | SIWAN7, Szeged, Hungary |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Plenary talk at conference |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | SPIE Optics and Optoelectronics 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Contributed presntations |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | SUPERFOX 2016 CONFERENCE, TURIN |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Plenary talk in conference |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Spring Meeting of the Section on Condensed Matter Physics of the German Physical Society, Regensburg, Germany |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk at conference |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Wits Nanoscience Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Keynote lecture in a workshop |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | XXXII PANHELLENIC CONFERENCE ON SOLID STATE PHYSICS & MATERIALS SCIENCE |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Plenary talk at conference. Discussions with experts in the field. Discussion on collaborative work |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |