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.

April 26, 2021

New publication on an astrocomb for the Extremely Large Telescope

April 26, 2021/ Richard McCracken

We have a new paper in JOSA B written in collaboration with Yuk Shan Cheng, Dong Xiao and Derryck Reid (Ultrafast Optics Group, Heriot-Watt). The paper, titled Laser-frequency-comb calibration for the Extremely Large Telescope: an OPO-based infrared astrocomb covering the H and J bands, describes a broadband astrocomb spanning 1.15 - 1.80 microns, and a technique to characterise the comb using a Fourier-transform spectrometer. Congratulations to Shan on these results!

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.