About the project
Fibre lasers have no moving parts or mirrors in the light generating source. It has emerged as the technology of choice for a wide range of industrial, medical and fundamental science applications.
The aim of the project is to develop new types of fibre lasers based on multicore fibre technology (MCF). MCF amplifiers and lasers have multiple independent laser amplifier/laser channels in a single optical fibre.This can be a powerful platform for developing new types of laser having multiple laser outputs or operating at multiple wavelengths.
During the project, various new MCF fibre laser concepts will be investigated covering both continuous wave and ultrashort (fs or ps) pulsed operation and several spatial beam shaping approaches will be studied and combined. The project will attempt to break through the current performance limits of single-mode, single-core fibre lasers. To do this it will explore coherent beam combination approaches based on MCF technlogy for high power laser applications. This could create big opportunities for the laser industry to optimize laser performance for particular light-matter interactions. For example, to maximize the efficiency of each pulse in laser-based material processing.
You’ll be part of the Pulsed Fibre Laser Group at the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC), and work in close collaboration with our academic and industrial partners to demonstrate the benefits of this new laser technology for applications in laser material processing and medical imaging.
