Laser Innovation Lab

Applied Laser Development at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh

Welcome

The Laser Innovation Lab is located in Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, and is headed by Dr Richard McCracken. Our areas of research include the development of new laser sources for multi-photon microscopy; mid-infrared single-photon generation; and frequency comb enabled astrophotonics.

January 30, 2020

New paper published on configurable materials for single-photon generation

January 30, 2020/ Richard McCracken

We have published a new paper in Advanced Quantum Technologies, written in collaboration with Dmytro Kundys, Bodan Kundys, Francesco Graffitti and Dr. Alessandro Fedrizzi (http://www.mostlyquantum.org/). The paper, titled Numerical Study of Reconfigurable Mid-IR Single Photon Sources Based on Functional Ferroelectrics, describes a method of generating mid-infrared single photons using novel functional materials that can be dynamically re-poled using relatively low electric field strengths.

Laser Innovation Lab

The Laser Innovation Lab is located at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. Led by Dr. Richard McCracken, research in the group focuses on the development of novel laser sources for multi-photon microscopy, mid-infrared imaging and sensing, and frequency combs for astronomy.