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ProfileMy research has been over a broad range of areas in laser physics; incoherent light sources; and the application of these lasers and sources in spectroscopy, optical metrology, communications and interactions with materials. Current foci in research are listed below. Laser physics of semiconductor lasers. Nonlinear dynamics of semiconductor lasers and developing chaotic semiconductor lasers for applications in secure communications. Characterising noisy chaotic data, determining noise robust chaos analysis methods, and transferring this knowledge, obtained in these more controllable physical systems, to other nonlinear systems. Fundamental studies, both experimental and simulations, of the physics of laser irradiated particle on surface systems. Modification (chemical and surface roughness) of the surfaces of materials using laser processing. Studying the optical properties of micro- and nano-sized particles as compared to the bulk material and the implications and applications of this in laser processing. Using pulsed lasers to laser clean particles, hydrocarbons and moisture from surfaces, particularly optical materials. Research on VUV/UV sources based on dielectric barrier discharges that can give higher efficiency, higher peak fluence, and spatially uniformity of the source output, compared to prior art (MQU patent). The VUV wavelengths attainable using the rare gases are 172 nm (7.2 eV photon energy), 146 nm (8.5 eV), 126 nm (9.9 eV), 88 nm (14.1.eV) and 60-80 nm (20.7 - 15.5 eV). The applications of such high energy photons are numerous but so far we have researched using the sources for surface cleaning and modification to date. A new project extends our laser cleaning research into the development of laser conservation methods applied to art and artifacts in Indigenous and Oceania cultural heritage.
External AppointmentsMember of the Management Committee of ARC Nanotechnology Network. Awards2006 Australian Institute of Physics Women in Physics Lecturer. Selected GrantsMacquarie University Research Development Grant, Laser Conservation for Indigenous and Oceania Cultural Heritage, $50k, 2006-7 ARC Discovery Project, "Chaotic Semiconductor Lasers", DM Kane E H Huntington and K S Shore, $227k, 2005-7. ARC Linkage Project, "New ultraviolet light sources for the disinfection of drinking water and re-cycled waste-water", R J Carman and D M Kane, $270k + $150k from industry partner, 2004-6. ARC Linkage Infrastructure and Equipment Facilities, "3-D optical surface profiler", Kane,Withford, Sheppard, Zhang, Yeung, Heness, Horn, $288,000 + $130,000 from University partner contributions, 2003. ARC Large Grant, "Optical Frequency Comb Generators based on Integrated External Cavity Semiconductor Lasers", D M Kane, E Jaatinen, K A Shore, J Sarma and E Riis, $268k, 2001-3. ARC Large Grant, "Laser Surface Cleaning and Modification Engineering Processes Using UV Pulsed Excimer Lasers", D M Kane and R Lamb, $207k, 2001-3. Selected PublicationsBook Book Chapters D.M. Kane, A.J. Fernandes and D.R. Halfpenny, Pulsed laser cleaning of particles from surfaces and optical materials, ch. 4, Laser Cleaning, Ed.: B.S. Lukiyanchuk, World Scientific (Singapore, 2002). Refereed Journals Quantum noise management in multi-element laser diode arrays, Shore, K.A.; Kane, D.M., Journal of Optics B: Quantum and Semiclassical Optics vol.6, no.8 : S757-61, Aug. 2004. Modelling laser cleaning of low-absorbing substrates: the effect of near field focussing, S Pleaseants, B S Luk'yanchuk and D M Kane, Appl. Phys. A79, #4-5, 1595-1598, (2004). Enhanced laser cleaning via direct line beam irradiation, A. J. Fernandes and D. M. Kane, Appl. Phys. A 79, #4-5, 735- 738 (2004). Acoustic substrate expansion in modeling dry laser cleaning of low absorbing substrates, S. Pleasants, N. Arnold and D M Kane, Appl. Phys A 79, #3, 507-514, (2004). High-pressure (>1 bar) dielectric barrier discharge lamps generating short pulses of high-peak power vacuum ultraviolet radiation, R J Carman, R P Mildren, B K Ward and D M Kane, J.Phys.D:Applied Physics, 37, pp2399-2407 (2004). Quantum noise management in multi-element diode arrays, K A Shore and D M Kane, J. Opt. B: quantum Semiclass. Opt. 6, S757-S761, 2004. Quantum Noise Penalty in Laser Diode Arrays ", K.A.Shore and D.M.Kane, IEE Proc. Optoelectronics, 150, 163-166, 2003. Laser cleaning of alumina particles on glass and silica substrates - experiment and quasi-static model, S Pleasants and D M Kane, J Appl. Phys. 93, 8862-6, (2003). Optical microscopy imaging and image analysis issues in laser cleaning, D M Kane, A J J Fernandes and R P Mildren, Appl. Phys. A, A77, #6, 847-53, (2003). Recent advances in UV and VUV cleaning of optical materials, D M Kane, A J Fernandes, D Hirschausen, S Pleasants and B K Ward, COMMAD 2002 Proceedings, M Gal, ed., IEEE Cat. Num. 02EX601, pp. 205-208, 2002. Broadband multi-mode output from modulated two-section semiconductor lasers, R Coyle, D M Kane, P Rees, I Pierce, D Masanotti, F Causa, T Ryan, and J Sarma, COMMAD 2002 Proceedings, M Gal, ed., IEEE Cat. Num. 02EX601, pp. 251-254, 2002. Laser removal of paraffin wax from glass surfaces, D Hirschausen and D M Kane, J. Appl. Phys., 92, 4201-4208, 2002. Nonlinear dynamics of frequency modulated external cavity diode lasers, J S Lawrence and D M Kane, IEEE J Quant. Electron., 38, 185-192, (2002). Broad area diode lasers with plane-mirror and phase-conjugate feedback, J S Lawrence and D M Kane, J Lightwave Technology 20, 100-104, (2002). International Conference Presentations (invited)Laser Cleaning of Transparent Materials, D M Kane LIILAC 2006, University of Konstanz, 4-7 June 2006, http://www.liilac2006.uni-konstanz.de/invited.html. Laser cleaning of particles from optical materials, a rich test system for laser/particle/material interactions, D M Kane (co-workers A J Fernandes, A Joyce and S Pleasants, B Luk'yanchuk, N Arnold), COLA 2005, the 8th International Conference on Laser Ablation, Banff, Canada, September 11-16, 2005, http://www.pnl.gov/cola05/invited.stm. Semiconductor Laser Systems for Optical Frequency Comb and Chaos Generation, D M Kane, Invited talk (45 min), First "Rio de la Plata" Workshop on Noise, Chaos and Complexity in Lasers and Nonlinear Optics, Scientific Program and Abstracts, Eds C Masoller, H Solari, S Simone, Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay, Dec 1-5, 2003. http://fisica.edu.uy/~workshop. Surface Cleaning of Optical Materials Using Novel VUV Sources, D M Kane, D Hirschausen, B K Ward, R P Mildren and R J Carman (invited talk, 40 minutes), International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies 2003, Symposium M, Paper M-1-1-I, Abstracts pp 583, Singapore, 7-12 Dec. 2003. http://www.mrs.org.sg/icmat2003/ Photonic cleaning of hydrocarbon contaminants and residues on surfaces - Contrasting the use of laser and lamps, D M Kane (Invited talk, 30 minutes), 3rd International Workshop on New Trends in Laser Cleaning, Hersonissos, Crete, Greece, 2003. http://www.iesl.forth.gr/lasercleaning/invited.asp Pulsed VUV Sources and their Application to Surface Cleaning of Optical Materials, RP Mildren, DM Kane, RJ Carman, D Hirschausen and BK Ward (Invited talk), 2nd International Symposium on Intensive Laser Actions & Technological Applications, ILATA-2003, St Petersburg, 30 June - 3 July 2003. Dry Laser cleaning threshold fluence - how can it be measured accurately? (Invited paper), A J Fernandes and D M Kane, Laser Cleaning Workshop, Laser Precision Microfabrication 2001, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 16-18 May 2001, SPIE Proceedings Vol 4426, p290-295, 2002. National Conference Presentation (Invited)Laser Cleaning: When is a Transparent Particle not Transparent? and Related "Messy" Physics, Deb Kane (co-worker Simon Pleasants), Keynote address 16th Biennial AIP Congress 2005, Australian Optical Society Meeting, AOS THA24. International Conference Presentations (published abstract or paper)R J Carman, B K Ward, R P Mildren and D M Kane, "Double discharges in bi-polar pulsed dielectric barrier discharge lamps in Xenon and their influence on the VUV (=172nm) production efficiency", Proc. of the Tenth International Symposium on the Science and Technology of Light Sources, Toulouse, France, 18-22 July 2004, IOP Conference Series, number 182, ed G. Zissis, P-233, pp651-2, Institute of Physics Publishing, Bristol, UK, ISBN 0 7503 10073 B K Ward, R J Carman, R P Mildren and D M Kane, "Recent Advances in incoherent light sources in the vacuum-ultraviolet (88-200nm) based on electric discharge plasmas", Proc. of the 14th International Conference on Vacuum Ultraviolet Radiation Physics, (VUV XIV), Cairns, Australia, July 19-23 2004, paper Th-Po-144 p270, ed: B.R. Lewis, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT. The effect of pulse shape on 3D Modelling of llaser cleaning fluences, S Pleasants, D M Kane and B S Luk'yanchuk, Proceedings of the 1st Pacific International Conference on Application of Lasers and Optics, Eds. Milan Brandt and Erol Harvey, 2004. Removal of Silica Spheres from Glass and Silica Substrates by Dry Laser Cleaning, S Pleasants and D M Kane, ICMAT 2003, Singapore, Dec. 2003 R.J. Carman, B.J. Ward, R.P. Mildren, D.M. Kane, High-pressure dielectric barrier discharge Xenon lamps generating short pulses of high-peak-power VUV radiation (172nm) with high pulse-to-pulse reproducibility. Bulletin of the American Physics Society, vol. 48, No. 6, p28, Oct. 2003, (ISSN 0003-0503) Programme of the 56th Annual Gaseous Electronics Conference 2003, October 21-24, San Francisco, CA (poster paper GTP.039) R.J. Carman, B.J. Ward, R.P. Mildren, D.M. Kane, A Xenon dielectric barrier discharge lamp (172nm) with a fast-pulse voltage driver: Influence of the voltage waveform on plasma kinetic issues and light output, Bulletin of the American Physics Society, vol. 48, No. 6, p44, Oct. 2003,(ISSN 0003-0503) Programme of the 56th Annual Gaseous Electronics Conference 2003, October 21-24, San Francisco, CA, (oral paper MW1.007). Dehydroxylation of UV Fused Silica, A J Fernandes, D M Kane, B Gong, R N Lamb, 7th International Conference on Laser Ablation, COLA'03, pp.1, paper We-PS23. Laser cleaning of transparent particles on low absorbing substrates - a 3D model, S Pleasants, B S Luk'yanchuk, D M Kane, 7th International Conference on Laser Ablation, COLA'03, pp.1, paper Mo-O18. Enhanced laser cleaning via direct line beam irradiation, A J Fernandes and D M Kane, 7th International Conference on Laser Ablation, COLA'03, pp.1, paper Mo-PS07. Pulsed VUV sources and their Application to Surface Cleaning of Optical Materials, D.M.Kane, D.Hirschausen, B.K. Ward, R.J. Carman and R.P.Mildren, Laser-Assisted Micro- and Nanotechnologies (LAMN X), 2003, Proc of SPIE, vol 5399, pp100-106, (SPIE Bellingham WA 2004). K.A.Shore and D.M.Kane, "Quantum Noise Properties of Laser Diode Arrays",First SPIE International Symposium on Fluctuations and Noise, paper 5111-58, Santa Fe,NM,USA, June 2003. Laser Cleaning Of Particles From Pre-Treated Glass Substrates, S. Pleasants, D.M. Kane and A.J. Fernandes, New Trends in Laser Cleaning 2, Madrid, Spain 13-14 June 2002. Laser Cleaning Of Wax And Thermopolymers From Glass And Optical Materials, D M Kane and D Hirschausen, New Trends in Laser Cleaning 2, Madrid, Spain 13-14 June 2002. National Conference Presentations (published abstract or paper)R J Carman, B K Ward, R P Mildren and D M Kane "Dielectric barrier discharge lamps as ultraviolet light sources for the disinfection of drinking water and re-cycled waste water", The Thirteenth Gaseous Electronics Meeting incorporating the Italian-Australian Specialist Workshop on Plasma Treated Materials, Murruramarang Resort, Batemans Bay, NSW, Australia, Feb 1-5, 2004, p35, published by Macquarie University, ISBN 1864088818 Modulated Two-Section Semiconductor Lasers & Effective Gain BandwidthMeasurements, R Coyle, D M Kane, I Pierce, A Tarlis, T Ryan And J Sarma, Semiconductor and Integrated Optoelectronics (SIOE) 2003, Cardiff, Wales. Dehydroxylation of UV fused silica via UV laser irradiation, A J Fernandes, D M Kane, B Gong and R N Lamb, COMMAD 2002, 11-13 December 2002. Broadband multi-mode output from modulated two-section semiconductor lasers, R Coyle, D M Kane, P Rees, I Pierce, D Masanotti, F Causa, T Ryan, and J Sarma, COMMAD 2002, 11-13 December 2002. Recent advances in uv and vuv cleaning of optical materials,D M Kane, A J Fernandes, D Hirschausen, S Pleasants and B K Ward, COMMAD 2002, 11-13 December 2002. Thermal expansion model of dry laser cleaning applied to alumina/glass system, S Pleasants and D M Kane, Australian Institute of Physics 15th Biennial Congress 2002, AOS1 191-141, Handbook p 118. Two section lasers subject to optical feedback, R Coyle, D M Kane, F Causa and J Sarma, Australian Institute of Physics 15th Biennial Congress 2002, T-020-AOS, Handbook p202. Thermal modeling of laser removal of optics and photonics mountants, D M Kane and D Hirschausen, Australian Institute of Physics 15th Biennial Congress 2002, M-042-AOS, Handbook p 176. UV laser cleaning - the impact of laser beam geometry and scanning on the removal of alumina particles from glass slides, A J Fernandes and D M Kane, Australian Institute of Physics 15th Biennial Congress 2002, M-043-AOS, Handbook p 177. Dehydroxylation of UV fused silica via UV laser irradiation, A J Fernandes, D M Kane, B Gong and R N Lamb, COMMAD 2002, 11-13 December 2002. Broadband multi-mode output from modulated two-section semiconductor lasers, R Coyle, D M Kane, P Rees, I Pierce, D Masanotti, F Causa, T Ryan, and J Sarma, COMMAD 2002, 11-13 December 2002. Recent advances in uv and vuv cleaning of optical materials,D M Kane, A J Fernandes, D Hirschausen, S Pleasants and B K Ward, COMMAD 2002, 11-13 December 2002. R.J.Carman, R.P.Mildren, B.K.Ward, R.Morrow, I.S.Falconer, and D.M.Kane, "New Incoherent light sources in the Vacuum-Ultraviolet (VUV) based on pulsed Dielectric Barrier Discharges", Twelfth Gaseous Electronics Meeting & Second International Workshop on Plasma Processing, Murruramarang Resort, Batemans Bay, NSW, Australia, Feb 3-6, (2002) PatentKane D.M., Mildren R.P. and Carman R.J., Provisional application, "Methods and systems for providing emission of incoherent radiation and uses therefor", lodged 12 September 2000 at the US patent office, (granted April 1, 2003, US patent 6541924) |
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