Updated Apr 2004
Photo: Partial Eclipse of 4th Dec 2002 - Shot taken from Bldg. E7A of the university
Photo: Transit of Mercury 7th May 2003 - Shot taken from Bldg. E7A of the university, Mercury is the upper most spot, the rest are sunspots.
2004
A. Argyros, M.A. van Eijkelenborg, S.D. Jackson and R.P.Mildren, "A microstructured polymer fibre laser", Opt. Lett.,, in press (2004)
R.J. Carman, R.P. Mildren, B.K. Ward and D.M. Kane, "High-pressure (>1 bar) dielectric barrier discharge lamps generating short pulses of high-peak-power vacuum ultra-violet radiation", J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys., in press (2004)
R.P. Mildren, M. Convery, H.M. Pask, J.A. Piper and T. Mckay, "Efficient, all-solid-state, Raman laser in the yellow, orange and red", Opt. Express, vol. 12, pp785-790 (2004)
*Review Article*
M.J. Withford, R.P. Mildren, R.J. Carman, D.J.W. Brown, G.D. Marshall, and J.A. Piper, “Recent advances in copper vapour laser technology”, Prog. Quantum Electron, vol. 28, p144, (2004)
2003
R.P. Mildren and J.A. Piper, "Compact and efficient kinetically enhanced copper vapor lasers of high average power (100W)", Opt Lett., vol. 28, pp1936-8, (2003)
R.P. Mildren, G.D. Marshall. M.J. Withford, D.W. Coutts and J.A. Piper, "Input/Output scaling of compact (0.8L) kinetically enhanced copper vapour laser", IEEE J. Quantum Electron., vol. 39, pp773-777, (2003)
D.M Kane, A.J.J. Fernandes and R.P. Mildren, "Optical Microscopy Imaging and Image Analysis Issues in Laser Cleaning", Appl. Phys. A., A77, pp847-53, (2003)
R.J. Carman and R.P. Mildren, “Computer modelling of a short-pulse excited dielectric barrier discharge Xenon excimer lamp (lambda~172nm)” J.Phys.D:Applied Physics, vol. 36, pp19-33, (2003)
R.P. Mildren, "Cu HyBrID Laser Kinetics: Optimization of HBr Partial Pressure and Flow Rate", IEEE J. Quantum Electron., vol. 37, pp592-599, (2003)
R.P. Mildren, M.J. Withford, J.A. Piper and G.D. Marshall, “Specific output power scaling of kinetically-enhanced copper vapour lasers”, in Proc. SPIE, in press, (2003)
2002
R.P. Mildren, R.J. Carman and Falconer IS, “Visible & VUV emission from a xenon dielectric barrier discharge using pulsed and sinusoidal voltage excitation waveforms” IEEE Trans Plasma Sci., vol. 30, pp192-3, (2002)
R.J. Carman and R.P. Mildren, “Computer modelling of electrical breakdown in a pulsed dielectric barrier discharge in xenon” IEEE Trans Plasma Sci., vol. 30, pp154-155, (2002)
2001
R.J. Carman, R.P. Mildren, J.A. Piper, G.D. Marshall and D.W. Coutts, “Plasma kinetics issues for repetition rate scaling of kinetically enhanced copper vapour lasers” in Proc. SPIE, vol. 4184, Gas Flow & Chemical Lasers and High Power Gas Lasers pp. 215-218, (2001)
R.J. Carman, R.P. Mildren, J.A. Piper, G.D. Marshall and D.W. Coutts, “Plasma kinetics issues for repetition rate scaling of kinetically enhanced copper vapour lasers”, in Proc. SPIE, vol.4184, p215-8, (2001)
R.P. Mildren, R.J. Carman and J.A. Piper, “Time resolved H atom density measurements in a Cu HyBrID laser”, in Proc. SPIE, vol.4184, pp191-4, (2001)
R.P. Mildren and R.J. Carman, “Enhanced performance of a dielectric barrier discharge lamp using short-pulsed excitation”, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. vol. 34, pL1-6, (2001)
R.P. Mildren, R.J. Carman, and I.S. Falconer, “Visible and VUV images of dielectric barrier discharges in Xe”, J. Phys. D:Appl. Phys., vol.34, no.23, pp.3378-82, (2001)
2000
R.J. Carman, R.P. Mildren, M.J. Withford, D.J.W. Brown and J.A. Piper, “Modelling the plasma kinetics in a kinetically enhanced copper vapour laser utilizing HCl + H2 admixtures”, IEEE J. Quantum Electron., vol. 36, pp438-49, (2000)
R.P. Mildren, “The role of buffer-gas flow in copper HyBrID lasers”, IEEE J. Quantum Electron. vol. 36, pp1145-1150, (2000)
D.J.W. Brown, M.J. Withford, R.J. Carman, R.P. Mildren and J.A. Piper, “High-average-power, high-beam-quality vis-UV sources based on kinetically enhanced copper vapour lasers", in Proc SPIE, vol. 3889, p261-72, (2000)
R.J. Carman and R.P. Mildren, “Electron energy distribution functions for modelling the plasma kinetics in dielectric barrier discharges”, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. vol. 33, pL99-103, (2000)
1998
A. Giulietti, C. Beneduce, T. Ceccotti, D. Giulietti, L.A. Gizzi and R.P. Mildren, “Study of second harmonic emissions for characterization of laser-plasma X-ray sources”, Laser and Part. Beams, vol. 16, p397-404, (1998)
R.P. Mildren, M.J. Withford, D.J.W. Brown, R.J. Carman and J.A. Piper, “Afterglow ground-state copper density behaviour in kinetically-enhanced copper vapour lasers”, IEEE J. Quantum Electron., vol. 34, pp2275-78, (1998)
R.P. Mildren, D.R. Jones and D.J.W. Brown, “A 100W, near diffraction limited, copper HyBrID laser oscillator”, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys., vol. 31, pp1812-6, (1998)
1997
R.P. Mildren, “Hook Method: Recovery of density data from interferograms distorted by large gradients”, Appl. Optics, vol. 36, pp4526-4534, (1997)
R.P. Mildren, D.J.W. Brown and J.A. Piper, “Limiting factors in the PRF scaling of barium vapour lasers”, Opt. Commun., vol. 137, pp299-302, (1997)
R.P. Mildren, D.J.W. Brown and J.A. Piper, “Ground-state depletion mechanisms in pulsed barium vapour lasers”, J. Appl. Phys., vol. 82, pp2039-48, (1997)
R.P. Mildren, D.J.W. Brown and J.A. Piper, “Evolution of excited and ground-state species during burst-mode excitation of a barium vapour laser”, IEEE J. Quantum Electron., vol. 33, pp1717-1726, (1997)
R.P. Mildren, K.E. Osgood and J.A. Piper, “Characteristics of copper HyBrID-type lasers which use HCl reactive gas”, Opt. Quantum Electron., vol. 29, pp991-998, (1997)
1996
D.J.W. Brown, M.J. Withford, R.P. Mildren, and J.A. Piper, “The effects of impurities on metal vapour laser performance,” in Pulsed Metal Vapour Lasers, eds CE Little and N Sabotinov, (Kluwyer Academic), pp161-168, (1996)
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