David Lancaster

• Qualifications

  BSc (Physics) University of NSW (Hons1) - 1991

  PhD: Macquarie University - 1997

  Graduate Program in Scientific Leadership: (University of Melbourne) - 2007

  Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors - 2014

• Research Interests

  I'm an Associate Professor at the Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing at Adelaide University. My main focus is research, with some lecturing and I supervise several Honours and PhD students. I aim to also align my work with needs of industry and work routinely with Photonics, medical and defence companies in Australia and New Zealand. I also have ongoing funding from the US Air Force Office of Scientific Research.

  My research interests are developing new types of fibre lasers that operate in challenging parts of the light spectrum. I also have research in compact waveguide lasers, non-linear frequency conversion, fibre fabrication, microstructured fibres. Application areas include laser radar, molecular spectroscopy, laser machining, and defence.

  Brief Bio:

  I conducted my PhD at the 'The centre for lasers and applications' at Macquarie University. In 1997 I took up a position as a postdoctoral researcher at Rice University for 3 years, developing portable difference frequency based trace gas sensors for precision measurement of gas concentrations.  Collaborations were undertaken with Aerodyne Research, NASA (Johnson), and the Naval Research Laboratories. In 2000 I joined the DSTO (Defence Science and Technology) in Australia, and developed a range of mid-infrared lasers called 'MURLIN' for infrared countermeasure use. In 2010 I joined University of Adelaide where I manage a high-power-laser research team, and am one of the co-leaders for the Novel Light research theme in 'The Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing'.

   

• Publications

  Awards

  “Outstanding Contribution to the field of Electronic Warfare by a Defence civilian”, Association of Old Crows Australian Chapter Award for 2005

  “Excellence in Science & Technology” DSTO award to the laser team led by D.G. Lancaster for the MURLIN laser - 2006

  “Commendation for Research, Technology and Innovation”, Engineers Australia (SA Chapter)  - 2007

  “Excellence in Science & Technology” DSTO award to D.G. Lancaster for pioneering work in high power fibre lasers – 2008

  Air Force Office of Scientific Research ‘Windows on Science (WOS) grant to visit US Air Force Research Labs at the Kirtland Air Force Base

   

   

   

            International journal publications (h-factor = 19)

  A.     Book Chapters:

  S.D. Jackson, D.G. Lancaster, “Fiber Lasers that Bridge the Shortwave to Midwave Regions of the Infrared Spectrum”, Fiber Lasers, edited by O.G. Okhotnikov, Ch7, 233-267, Published by Wiley (2012)

  B.      Refereed Journal Articles (last 5 years):

  1.      G. Palmer, S. Gross, A. Furbach, D.G. Lancaster, M.J. Withford “High slope efficiency and high refractive index change in direct-written Yb-doped waveguide lasers with depressed claddings” Optics Express, 21, 17413-17420 (2013)

  2.      D.G. Lancaster, S. Gross, H. Ebendorff-Heidepriem, M.J. Withford, T. M. Monro S. D. Jackson, “A femtosecond-laser-inscribed waveguide producing laser emission at 2.9 µm”, Optics Letters, 38, 2588-2591, (2013)

  3.      S. Gross, D. G. Lancaster, H. Ebendorff-Heidepriem, T. M. Monro, A. Fuerbach, M. J. Withford “Femtosecond laser induced structural changes in fluorozirconate glass”, Optics Material Express, 3, 574-583 (2013)

  4.      FV. Englich, M. Grabka, D.G. Lancaster, T.M. Monro, “Magnetic field interaction with guided light for detection of an active gaseous medium within an optical fiber”, Optics Express 21(2): 2491-2499 (2013)

  5.      D.G. Lancaster, S. Gross, A. Fuerbach, H. Ebendorff Heidepriem, T.M. Monro, M.J. Withford, “Versatile large-mode-area femtosecond laser-written Tm:ZBLAN glass chip lasers”, Optics Express 20(25): 27503-27509 (2012)

  6.      S. Gross, M. Ams, D.G. Lancaster, T.M. Monro, A. Fuerbach, M.J. Withford, “Femtosecond direct-write uberstructure waveguide Bragg-gratings in ZBLAN”, Optics Letters 37: 3999-4001 (2012)

  7.      S. Gross, M. Ams, G. Palmer, C. Miese, J. Gray, R. J. Williams, G. D. Marshall, A. Fuerbach, D.G. Lancaster, M. J. Withford, “Ultrafast laser inscription in soft glasses: A comparative study of athermal and thermal processing regimes for guided wave optics”, International Journal of Applied Glass Science, 3: 332-348 (2012)

  8.      D.G. Lancaster, S. Gross, H. Ebendorff-Heidepriem, A. Fuerbach, M.J. Withford, T.M. Monro, “2.1 μm waveguide laser fabricated by femtosecond laser direct-writing in Ho³⁺, Tm³⁺:ZBLAN glass”, Optics Letters 37: 996-998 (2012)

  9.      M.R. Oermann, H. Ebendorff-Heidepriem, D.J. Ottaway, D.G. Lancaster, P.J. Veitch, T.M. Monro, “Extruded microstructured fibre lasers”, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 24(7): 578-580 (2012)

  10.    D.G. Lancaster, S. Gross, H. Ebendorff-Heidepriem, K. Kuan, T.M. Monro, M. Ams, A. Fuerbach, M.J. Withford, “Fifty percent internal slope efficiency femtosecond direct-written Tm³⁺:ZBLAN waveguide laser”, Optics Letters 36(9): 1587-1589 (2011)

  11.    A. Hemming, S.D. Jackson, A. Sabella, S. Bennetts, D.G. Lancaster, “High power, narrow bandwidth and broadly tunable Tm³⁺, Ho³⁺-co-doped aluminosilicate glass fibre laser”, Electronics Letters 46(24): 1617-1618 (2010)

  12.   Alexander Hemming, Jim Richards, Shayne Bennetts, Alan Davidson, Neil Carmody, Phil Davies, Len Corena, David Lancaster, “A high power hybrid mid-IR laser source”, Opt. Commun. 283, 4041-4045, (2010)

  13.   Ka Wu, D. Ottaway, J. Munch, S. Bennetts, D.G. Lancaster, S.D. Jackson, “Gain-switched holmium-doped fibre laser”, Vol. 17, No. 23. Opt. Express. 20872 (2009)

  14.    D.G. Lancaster, S.D. Jackson, “In Fibre Resonantly Pumped and Q-switched Fibre Laser”, Opt Lett Vol. 34, 3412, (2009)

  15.    H.Ebendorff-Heidepriem, TC. Foo, R.C. Moore, W.Zhang, Y.Li, T.M. Monro,  A. Hemming, and D.G. Lancaster, “Development of a fluoride glass microstructured optical fibre for mid-infrared beam delivery”, Opt. Lett. 33,no. 23, 2861-2863 (2008)

  16.    P. McNamara, R. Bailey, D.G. Lancaster, “A Microstructured Fluoride Glass Optical Fibre: High Power Mid-Infrared Single-Mode Transmission”, J. of Non Crystalline Solids Volume 355, Issues 28-30, 1461-1467,  (2009)

  17.    D.G. Lancaster, “Efficient Nd: YAG pumped Mid-IR laser based on cascaded KTP and ZGP optical parametric oscillators and a ZGP parametric amplifier”, Opt. Commun. 282, 272-275 (2009)

  18.    N. Jovanovic, G. D. Marshall, A. Fuerbach, G. E. Town, S. Bennetts, D.G. Lancaster and M. J. Withford, “Highly-Narrow Linewidth, CW, all-Fiber Oscillator with a Switchable Linear Polarization”,. IEEE Photon. Tech. Lett. Vol. 20, Issue 10, 809-811 (2008)

  19.    S.D. Jackson, A. Sabella, D.G. Lancaster, “Application and development of high power and highly efficient silica-based fibre lasers operating at 2 mm”, IEEE Sel. Topics Quantum Electron. 13, 567 (2007)

  20.   Stuart D Jackson, Alex Sabella, Alex Hemming, Shayne Bennetts, D.G. Lancaster, “A high power 83 W holmium doped silica fibre laser operating with high beam quality”, Opt. Lett. 32, 241(2007)

  21.    G. Frith, D.G.Lancaster, S.D. Jackson,"85W Tm ³⁺ doped silica fibre laser", Electron. Lett. 41, (2005).

  22.   Y. Morimoto, D.G. Lancaster, F.K. Tittel et al. “Real-time measurements of endogenous CO production from vascular cells using an ultrasensitive laser sensor”, Am J of Physiol heart Circ Physiol 280, 483-488 (2001)

  23.    D.G. Lancaster, Alan Fried, Bryan Wert, Bruce Henry, Frank K Tittel, “Difference frequency based tunable absorption spectrometer for detection of atmospheric formaldehyde”, Appl. Opt. 39, 24,4436-4442 (2000)

  24.    S. Friedfeld, M. Fraser, D.G. Lancaster, D. leleux, D. Rehle, F.K. Tittel, “Field intercomparison of a novel optical sensor for formaldehyde quantification”, Geophys. Res. Lett, 27, 14, 2093-2096 (2000)

  25.    D.G. lancaster, R. Weidner, D. Richter, F.K. Tittel, J. Limpert, “Compact CH₄ sensor based on difference frequency mixing of diode lasers in quasi-phasematched LiNbO₃”, Opt. Comm 175, 461-468 (2000)

  26.   F.K. Tittel, D.G. Lancaster, D.Richter, “Novel Diode Laser Based Sensors for Gas Sensing Applications”, Laser Physics, 10, No. 1, pg1-7, (2000)

  27.   D. Richter, D.G. Lancaster, F. K. Tittel, “Development of an automated diode-laser based multicomponent gas sensor”, Appl. Opt. 39, 24, 4444-4450 (2000)

  28.   R.S. Putnam, D.G.Lancaster, “A cw laser spectrometer automatically aligned and tuned from 11.8-16.1 mm using diode laser pumped difference frequency generation in GaSe”, Appl. Opt. 38, 1513- 1522 (1999)

  29.   D.G. Lancaster, D. Richter, F.K. Tittel, “Portable fiber coupled diode laser based sensor for multiple trace gas detection”, Appl. Phys. B. 69, 459-465 (1999)

  30.    D.G. Lancaster, D. Richter, R. F. Curl, F.K. Tittel, L. Goldberg, J. Koplow, “High-power continuous wave mid-infrared radiation generated by difference frequency mixing of diode laser seeded fiber amplifiers and its application to dual-beam spectroscopy”, Opt. Lett., 24, 23 (1999)

  31.   D.G. Lancaster, J.M. Dawes, "Thermal-lens measurement of a quasi steady-state repetitively flashlamp-pumped Cr:Tm: Ho YAG laser", , Opt. and Laser Tech. 30, 103-108 (1998)

  32.   D.G. Lancaster, R. F. Curl, F.K. Tittel, L. Goldberg, J. Koplow, “Fibre coupled Difference Frequency Generation utilizing a Ytterbium doped fibre amplifier and periodically poled LiNbO₃”, Electron Lett. 34, 1345 (1998)

  33.   L. Goldberg, D.G. Lancaster, J. Koplow, R. F. Curl, F.K. Tittel, “All Fiber coupled mid-IR source utilizing Yb and Yb/Er doped fiber amplifiers”, Opt. Lett. 23, 1517 (1998)

  34.   D.G. Lancaster, D. Richter, R. F. Curl and F. K. Tittel, “Real-time measurements of trace gases using a compact difference frequency based sensor operating at 3.5 mm”, Appl. Phys B, 67, 339-346 (1998)

  35.   D. Richter, D.G. Lancaster, R. F. Curl, F.K. Tittel, “Compact mid-infrared trace gas sensor based of difference-frequency generation of two diode lasers in periodically poled LiNbO₃”, Appl. Phys B, 67, 347-350 (1998)

  36.   Y. Mine, N. Melander, D. Richter, D.G. Lancaster, K. P. Petrov, R.F. Curl, F.K. Tittel, “Detection of formaldehyde using mid-infrared difference-frequency generation”, Appl Phys B, 65, 771-774 (1997)

  37.   D.G. Lancaster, J.M. Dawes, "Methane detection using a narrow band source at 3.4 mm based on a combination of stimulated Raman scattering and difference frequency mixing", Appl Opt, 35, no. 21, 4041-4045 (1996)

  38.   D.G. Lancaster, J.M. Dawes, "A pulsed laser source using stimulated Raman scattering and difference frequency mixing: remote sensing of methane in air", Opt. Comm, 120, 307-310 (1995)

  Patents

  ·        2007 ‘Cascade Fibre Laser’ PCT/AU2007/001597)

  ·        2011 ‘Element for the amplification of a light and method of making the same’ PCT/AU2011/001563.

Entry last updated: Thursday, 31 Jul 2014