Prof. James R. Taylor Profile

Prof. James R. Taylor

Professor at Imperial College London

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Publications (17)

Proceedings Article | 12 March 2024 Presentation + Paper

Multiwatt red nanosecond frequency-doubled Raman-shifted fiber laser

Timothy Runcorn, Robert Murray, J. Roy Taylor

Proceedings Volume 12869, 128690K (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3001024

KEYWORDS: Fiber lasers, Pulse signals, Fiber amplifiers, Raman spectroscopy, Crystals, Beam diameter, Semiconductor lasers, Optical testing, Harmonic generation, Collimation

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Proceedings Article | 7 March 2023 Presentation + Paper

High resolution mass spectrometry imaging using 3 micron laser ablation

Ronan Battle, Daniel Simon, Yuchen Xiang, Kenneth Robinson, Timothy Runcorn, Robert Murray, J. Roy Taylor, Zoltan Takats

Proceedings Volume 12377, 1237706 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2649191

KEYWORDS: Mid infrared, Laser ablation, Biological samples, Tissues, Optical parametric amplifiers, Mass spectrometry, Pulsed laser operation

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Proceedings Article | 4 March 2022 Presentation + Paper

Optical parametric amplification seeded by four-wave mixing in photonic crystal fibers

Ronan Battle, Anita Chandran, Timothy Runcorn, Arnaud Mussot, Alexandre Kudlinski, Robert Murray, James Taylor

Proceedings Volume 11985, 1198502 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2609618

KEYWORDS: Difference frequency generation, Mid-IR, Nonlinear frequency conversion, Four wave mixing, Photonic crystal fibers, Nonlinear crystals

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Proceedings Article | 5 March 2021 Presentation + Paper

Seeded optical parametric generation in CdSiP2 pumped by a nanosecond pulsed, MHz repetition rate Raman fiber amplifier at 1.24 µm

Robert Murray, Anita Chandran, Ronan Battle, Timothy Runcorn, Peter Schunemann, Kevin Zawilski, Shekhar Guha, James Taylor

Proceedings Volume 11670, 1167008 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2582686

KEYWORDS: Raman spectroscopy, Fiber amplifiers, Crystals, Absorption, Thermal effects, Mid-IR, Wavelength tuning, Supercontinuum sources, Oscillators, Optical amplifiers

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Proceedings Article | 9 March 2020 Presentation

The science and technology of supercontinuum source development (Conference Presentation)

James Taylor

Proceedings Volume 11234, 1123403 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2550355

KEYWORDS: Supercontinuum sources, Photonic crystal fibers, Optical pumping, Glasses, Liquids, Integrated photonics, Crystals, Photonic liquid crystal fibers, Photonic crystals, Laser crystals

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Proceedings Article | 14 March 2018 Presentation

Fibre MOPA pumped MIR parametric wavelength conversion (Conference Presentation)

Robert Murray, Timothy Runcorn, Shekhar Guha, James Roy Taylor

Proceedings Volume 10516, 1051612 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2295112

KEYWORDS: Optical parametric oscillators, Mid-IR, High power lasers, Light, Defense technologies, Oscillators, Fiber amplifiers, Optical amplifiers, Gaussian beams, Nonlinear crystals

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SPIE Journal Paper | 10 June 2016 Open Access

Tutorial on fiber-based sources for biophotonic applications

James Taylor

JBO, Vol. 21, Issue 06, 061010, (June 2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JBO.21.6.061010

KEYWORDS: Fiber lasers, Solitons, Picosecond phenomena, Raman spectroscopy, Dispersion, Mode locking, Femtosecond phenomena, Pulsed laser operation, Biophotonic applications, Absorption

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Proceedings Article | 27 February 2015 Paper

Fiber-integrated second harmonic generation modules for visible and near-visible picosecond pulse generation

Thomas Legg, Andrew Robertson, Robert Eckardt, Timothy Runcorn, Dora Hu, Robert Murray, Edmund Kelleher, Sergei Popov, James Taylor

Proceedings Volume 9347, 93470B (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2078726

KEYWORDS: Second-harmonic generation, Picosecond phenomena, Crystals, Fiber lasers, Raman spectroscopy, Harmonic generation, Fiber amplifiers, Visible radiation, Stimulated emission depletion microscopy, Laser sources

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Proceedings Article | 4 May 2014 Paper

Evolution of the supercontinuum source (presentation video)

James Roy Taylor

Proceedings Volume 8940, 89400Y (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2032271

KEYWORDS: Video, Supercontinuum sources, Pulsed laser operation, Complex systems, Laser systems engineering, Nonlinear dynamics, Modulation, Mode locking, Picosecond phenomena, Laser development

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Proceedings Article | 18 January 2011 Paper

Soliton-dispersive wave collisions in high average power supercontinuum generation

B. Chapman, J. Travers, E. J. Kelleher, S. Popov, J. Taylor

Proceedings Volume 7747, 774715 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.883613

KEYWORDS: Solitons, Dispersion, Four wave mixing, Photonic crystal fibers, Supercontinuum generation, Modulation, Fiber lasers, Continuous wave operation, Photonics

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Proceedings Article | 22 February 2008 Paper

High power 29 W CW supercontinuum source

B. Cumberland, J. Travers, S. Popov, J. Taylor

Proceedings Volume 6873, 68731A (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.762075

KEYWORDS: Solitons, Dispersion, Fusion splicing, Supercontinuum sources, Raman spectroscopy, Continuous wave operation, Fiber lasers, Ytterbium, Photonic crystal fibers

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Proceedings Article | 20 February 2007 Paper

Nonlinear optics and frequency conversion: fiber lasers in IR, VIS and UV

B. Cumberland, A. Ferin, A. Rulkov, J. Travers, S. Popov, J. Taylor

Proceedings Volume 6453, 64530A (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.706466

KEYWORDS: Fiber lasers, Raman spectroscopy, Crystals, Second-harmonic generation, Continuous wave operation, Silica, Polarization, Picosecond phenomena, Laser crystals, Fiber Bragg gratings

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Proceedings Article | 8 March 2006 Paper

Optophysiology using functional ultrahigh resolution OCT: from in vitro animal to in vivo human measurements

A. Unterhuber, K. Bizheva, B. Hermann, B. Povazay, R. Pflug, P. Qui, M. Lessl, H. Sattmann, E. Anger, H. Reitsamer, S. Popov, U. Schmidt-Erfurth, J. Tylor, P. Ahnelt, W. Drexler

Proceedings Volume 6138, 61380G (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.649105

KEYWORDS: Optical coherence tomography, Retina, In vivo imaging, Tissue optics, In vitro testing, Backscatter, Physiology, Light sources, Reflectivity, Signal detection

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Proceedings Article | 22 April 2005 Paper

High-power completely fiber integrated super-continuum sources

R. Kennedy, A. Rulkov, J. Travers, S. Popov, V. Gapontsev, J. Taylor

Proceedings Volume 5709, (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.611496

KEYWORDS: Picosecond phenomena, Dispersion, Raman spectroscopy, Fiber amplifiers, Continuous wave operation, Femtosecond phenomena, Photonics, Silica, Solitons

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Proceedings Article | 22 April 2005 Paper

All-fiber CW Raman continuum light source for ultrahigh resolution optical coherence tomography

Pei-Lin Hsiung, Yu Chen, N. Nishizawa, Tony Ko, James Fujimoto, Christiano de Matos, Sergei Popov, James Taylor, J. Broeng, Valentin Gapontsev

Proceedings Volume 5709, (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.590800

KEYWORDS: Light sources, Optical coherence tomography, Image resolution, Raman spectroscopy, Fiber lasers, In vivo imaging, Femtosecond phenomena, Imaging systems, Tissues, Photonic crystal fibers

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Proceedings Article | 1 November 1997 Paper

Novel ultrafast tunable solid state lasers for real-world applications including medical imaging

Nicholas Barry, Christopher Dainty, Keith Dowling, Paul French, Sam Hyde, Richard Jones, Richard Mellish, J. Sutherland, J. Taylor, Y. Tong, Bruce Chai, Carel van den Poel, Adriaan Valster

Proceedings Volume 3176, (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.293466

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Proceedings Article | 10 April 1995 Paper

All solid state femtosecond laser oscillators and amplifiers

Sam Hyde, Nicholas Barry, Richard Mellish, Paul French, J. Taylor, Carel van den Poel, Adriaan Valster

Proceedings Volume 2377, (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.206427

KEYWORDS: Femtosecond phenomena, Semiconductor lasers, Oscillators, Optical amplifiers, Mode locking, Argon ion lasers, Diodes, Amplifiers, Solid state lasers, Laser systems engineering

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Conference Committee Involvement (4)

Fiber Lasers IX: Technology, Systems, and Applications

23 January 2012 | San Francisco, California, United States

Fiber Lasers VIII: Technology, Systems, and Applications

24 January 2011 | San Francisco, California, United States

Fiber Lasers VII: Technology, Systems, and Applications

25 January 2010 | San Francisco, California, United States

Fiber Lasers VI: Technology, Systems, and Applications

26 January 2009 | San Jose, California, United States

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