Prof. Alexander Fürbach Profile

Prof. Alexander Fürbach

at Macquarie University

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Publications (22)

SPIE Journal Paper | 10 November 2021 Open Access

Green energy generation via optical laser pressure initiated nonthermal nuclear fusion

Heinrich Hora, Alex Fuerbach, Francois Ladouceur, Warren McKenzie

OE, Vol. 61, Issue 02, 021004, (November 2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.OE.61.2.021004

KEYWORDS: Fusion energy, Plasma, Laser optics, Pulsed laser operation, Magnetism, Hydrogen, Particles, Laser systems engineering, Picosecond phenomena, Optical engineering

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Proceedings Article | 21 February 2020 Presentation + Paper

New excitation wavelengths for dysprosium-doped mid-infrared fiber lasers

M. Amin, M. Majewski, R. Woodward, A. Fuerbach, S. Jackson

Proceedings Volume 11260, 112601R (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2547152

KEYWORDS: Mid-IR, Fiber lasers, Dysprosium, Ions, Absorption, ZBLAN, Quantum efficiency, Mirrors, Data modeling, Holmium

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Proceedings Article | 31 December 2019 Paper

Response of natural muscovite to a single femtosecond laser pulse

Saurabh Awasthi, Douglas Little, Alex Fuerbach, Chris Marjo, Bill Gong, Deb. Kane

Proceedings Volume 11201, 112010V (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2541140

KEYWORDS: Mica, Laser processing, Femtosecond phenomena, Pulsed laser operation, Charged particle optics, Crystals, Minerals, Laser ablation, Profiling, Dielectrics

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Proceedings Article | 30 December 2019 Paper

Mid-IR laser for wavefront correction in gravitational wave detectors

Deeksha Beniwal, Huy Cao, Sebastian Ng, Aidan Brooks, Gayathri Bharathan, Alex Fuerbach, Peter Veitch, David Ottaway

Proceedings Volume 11200, 112002C (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2540061

KEYWORDS: Wavefronts, Sensors, Silica, Absorption, Fiber lasers, Adaptive optics, Mid-IR, Spherical lenses, Laser development

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Proceedings Article | 30 December 2019 Paper

Compact design of Q-switched laser systems based on liquid crystal transducers

Xinyue Lei, Victor Karaganov, Francois Ladouceur, Leonardo Silvestri, Alex Fuerbach

Proceedings Volume 11200, 1120029 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2539900

KEYWORDS: Q switched lasers, Liquid crystals, Transducers, Laser systems engineering, Integrated optics, Laser development, Mirrors, Prototyping, Waveguide lasers, Photonic liquid crystal fibers

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Proceedings Article | 30 December 2019 Paper

Towards the next generation of brain/machine interface

François Ladouceur, Xinyue Lei, Yuan Wei, Josiah Firth, Alexander Fuerbach, Nigel Lovell, Leonardo Silvestri

Proceedings Volume 11200, 112000T (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2539894

KEYWORDS: Interfaces, Mirrors, Waveguides, Glasses, Liquid crystals, Transducers, In vitro testing, Free space optics, Signal detection, Tissue optics

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Proceedings Article | 30 December 2019 Paper

Mode-locked mid-IR fibre laser based on 2D nanomaterials

Gayathri Bharathan, Xiantao Jiang, Han Zhang, Feng Chen, Ziqi Li, Stuart Jackson, Alex Fuerbach

Proceedings Volume 11200, 112002B (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2539898

KEYWORDS: Mode locking, Mid-IR, Fiber lasers, Nanomaterials, Pulsed laser operation, Laser resonators, Fiber Bragg gratings, Confocal microscopy, Continuous wave operation, Erbium

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Proceedings Article | 4 March 2019 Presentation + Paper

Mid-infrared fiber sources for real-time biomedical sensing

R. Woodward, M. Majewski, G. Bharathan, D. Hudson, A. Fuerbach, S. Jackson

Proceedings Volume 10873, 1087311 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2507322

KEYWORDS: Mid-IR, Fiber lasers, Spectroscopy, Absorption, Biosensing, Supercontinuum sources, Supercontinuum generation

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2018 Paper

Ultrashort pulse point-by-point written aperiodic fiber Bragg gratings for suppression of OH-emission lines

Thorsten Goebel, Gayathri Bharathan, Martin Ams, Daniel Richter, Ria Krämer, Maximilian Heck, Malte Siems, Alex Fuerbach, Stefan Nolte

Proceedings Volume 10706, 107066N (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2318864

KEYWORDS: Fiber Bragg gratings, Ultrafast phenomena, Optical design, Optical filters, Astronomy, Telecommunications, Optical filter design

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Proceedings Article | 21 April 2017 Presentation

A passively mode-locked sub-picosecond Ho3+,Pr3+-doped fluoride fiber laser operating at 2.86 µm (Conference Presentation)

Sergei Antipov, Stuart Jackson, Michael Withford, Alexander Fürbach

Proceedings Volume 10083, 100831A (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2253510

KEYWORDS: Ultrafast phenomena, Ultrafast measurement systems, Tissues, Fiber lasers, Mode locking, Polarization, Resonators, Laser resonators, Semiconductor lasers, Liquids

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2016 Paper

Refractive index change mechanisms in different glasses induced by femtosecond laser irradiation

A. Fuerbach, S. Gross, D. Little, A. Arriola, M. Ams, P. Dekker, M. Withford

Proceedings Volume 9983, 99830W (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2237368

KEYWORDS: Glasses, Femtosecond phenomena, Refractive index, Fabrication, Waveguides, Raman spectroscopy, Pulsed laser operation, Annealing, Photonics, ZBLAN

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Proceedings Article | 24 September 2013 Paper

Ultrafast laser inscribed 3D integrated photonics

S. Gross, A. Arriola, G. Palmer, N. Jovanovic, I. Spaleniak, T. Meany, Y. Duan, Q. Liu, P. Dekker, D. Lancaster, H. Ebendorff-Heidepriem, P. Tuthill, B. Norris, A. Fuerbach, M. Ireland, M. Steel, M. Withford

Proceedings Volume 8876, 887604 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2025535

KEYWORDS: Waveguides, Glasses, Ultrafast lasers, Photonics, Femtosecond phenomena, Refractive index, Waveguide lasers, Mid-IR, ZBLAN, Integrated photonics

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Proceedings Article | 6 March 2013 Paper

Versatile fs laser-written glass chip lasers

D. Lancaster, S. Gross, A. Fuerbach, H. Ebendorff Heidepriem, T. Monro, M. Withford

Proceedings Volume 8599, 859907 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2012519

KEYWORDS: Waveguides, Glasses, ZBLAN, Cladding, Waveguide lasers, Fiber lasers, Laser applications, Laser glasses, Laser damage threshold, Coating

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Proceedings Article | 12 September 2012 Paper

Progress and challenges with the Dragonfly instrument; an integrated photonic pupil-remapping interferometer

Nemanja Jovanovic, Peter Tuthill, Barnaby Norris, Simon Gross, Paul Stewart, Ned Charles, Sylvestre Lacour, Jon Lawrence, Gordon Robertson, Alexander Fuerbach, Michael Withford

Proceedings Volume 8445, 844505 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926012

KEYWORDS: Waveguides, Fringe analysis, Telescopes, Microelectromechanical systems, Prototyping, Interferometers, Astronomy, Mirrors, Interferometry, Integrated photonics

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2010 Paper

Direct laser written multimode waveguides for astronomical applications

Nemanja Jovanovic, Simon Gross, Christopher Miese, Alexander Fuerbach, Jon Lawrence, Michael Withford

Proceedings Volume 7739, 773923 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856754

KEYWORDS: Waveguides, Cladding, Astronomy, Multimode fibers, Glasses, Optical fibers, Refractive index, Objectives, Structural design, Light wave propagation

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Proceedings Article | 25 February 2010 Paper

Direct femtosecond laser written waveguides in bulk Ti3+:sapphire

Simon Gross, Michael Withford, Alexander Fuerbach

Proceedings Volume 7589, 75890U (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.841462

KEYWORDS: Waveguides, Luminescence, Crystals, Polarization, Sapphire, Single mode fibers, Birefringence, Ultrafast phenomena, Refractive index, Near field

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Proceedings Article | 5 October 2009 Paper

Temperature and strain discriminating sensor based on the monitoring of cladding modes of a single femtosecond inscribed grating

Nemanja Jovanovic, Robert Williams, Jens Thomas, M. Steel, Graham Marshall, Alexander Fuerbach, Stefan Nolte, Andreas Tünnermann, Michael Withford

Proceedings Volume 7503, 750336 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.835094

KEYWORDS: Fiber Bragg gratings, Sensors, Cladding, Femtosecond phenomena, Temperature metrology, Refractive index, Optical fibers, Thermal optics, Semiconductor lasers, Photonics

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Proceedings Article | 18 May 2009 Paper

Photo-erasure of type-II femtosecond laser written Bragg gratings employed as high reflectors in moderate power Q-switch fibre laser

Mattias Åslund, Nemanja Jovanovic, Stuart Jackson, John Canning, Graham Marshall, Alexander Fuerbach, Michael Withford, Kevin Cook

Proceedings Volume 7356, 73561I (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.820586

KEYWORDS: Fiber Bragg gratings, Femtosecond phenomena, Absorption, Q switched fiber lasers, Reflectors, Fiber lasers, Ions, Refractive index, Glasses, Optical fibers

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Proceedings Article | 11 January 2008 Paper

Photodarkening study of gratings written into rare-earth doped optical fibres using a femtosecond laser

Mattias Åslund, Nemanja Jovanovic, Nathaniel Groothoff, John Canning, Graham Marshall, Stuart Jackson, Alex Fuerbach, Michael Withford

Proceedings Volume 6800, 68000V (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.760829

KEYWORDS: Fiber Bragg gratings, Femtosecond phenomena, Scattering, Refractive index, Light scattering, Ytterbium, Mie scattering, Annealing, Laser scattering, Modulation

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Proceedings Article | 8 January 2008 Paper

Compact, all-fibre, linearly polarized, single-mode Ytterbium-doped fibre laser utilizing point-by-point inscribed intra-core fibre Bragg gratings

Nemanja Jovanovic, Graham Marshall, Alexander Fuerbach, Graham Town, Michael Withford, Shayne Bennetts, David Lancaster

Proceedings Volume 6801, 68010O (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.759300

KEYWORDS: Fiber Bragg gratings, Fiber lasers, Output couplers, Polarization, Semiconductor lasers, Reflectors, Ytterbium, Phase modulation, Absorption, Femtosecond phenomena

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Proceedings Article | 21 February 2007 Paper

Highly nonlinear single-mode chalcogenide fibers for signal processing

Libin Fu, Vahid Ta'eed, Martin Rochette, Alexander Fuerbach, Ian Littler, Mark Pelusi, Michael Lamont, Hong Nguyen, Klaus Finsterbusch, David Moss, Eric Mägi, Benjamin Eggleton

Proceedings Volume 6453, 64531N (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.717377

KEYWORDS: Selenium, Dispersion, Chalcogenides, Picosecond phenomena, Scanning probe microscopy, Fiber Bragg gratings, Silica, Nonlinear optics, Nonlinear filtering, Signal processing

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Proceedings Article | 1 June 2004 Open Access

Generation of sub-30-fs pulses from a scaleable high-energy oscillator

Alexander Fuerbach, Alma Fernandez Gonzalez, Alexander Apolonski, Enikoe Seres, Takao Fuji, Ferenc Krausz

Proceedings Volume 5340, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.547982

KEYWORDS: Oscillators, Resonators, Prisms, Silica, Pulsed laser operation, Mirrors, Laser crystals, Laser ablation, Glasses, Picosecond phenomena

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