Dr. Adrian L. Carter Profile

Dr. Adrian L. Carter

CEO

SPIE Involvement:

Conference Program Committee | Author | Editor

Publications (22)

Proceedings Article | 9 March 2023 Presentation

High concentration large-mode-area Tm-doped double-clad fiber for high efficiency operation

Stefan Gausmann, Benoit Faugas, Joshua Bradford, Mark Goldsmith, Adrian Carter, Kanishka Tankala, Clemence Jollivet

Proceedings Volume 12400, 124000L (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2650126

KEYWORDS: Thulium, Single mode fibers, Manufacturing, Fiber lasers

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Proceedings Article | 4 March 2022 Presentation + Paper

Brillouin measurements of double clad, metal coated optical fibres

A. Gambell, N. Simakov, A. Hemming, A. Carter

Proceedings Volume 11981, 119810Q (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2614974

KEYWORDS: Fiber coatings, Metals, Polymers, Acoustics, Fiber amplifiers, Optical fibers, Optical amplifiers, Cladding, Wave propagation, Scattering

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Proceedings Article | 4 March 2022 Presentation

Novel extra-large mode area Yb-doped fibers for high energy and high average power industrial laser systems

Joshua Bradford, Mike Conroy, Mark Goldsmith, Adrian Carter, Kanishka Tankala, Clémence Jollivet

Proceedings Volume PC11981, PC1198105 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2609159

KEYWORDS: Optical fibers, Laser systems engineering, Fiber lasers, Thermal efficiency, Particles, Optical amplifiers, Materials processing, Manufacturing, Fiber amplifiers, Energy efficiency

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Proceedings Article | 14 March 2018 Presentation

Highly doped and highly efficient Tm doped fiber laser (Conference Presentation)

Richard Tumminelli, Vincent Petit, Adrian Carter, Alexander Hemming, Nikita Simakov, John Haub

Proceedings Volume 10512, 105120M (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2295936

KEYWORDS: Fiber lasers, Thulium, Cladding, Optical fibers, Doping

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Proceedings Article | 21 April 2017 Presentation

Dispersion tailored non-PM and PM fibers for 2 microns ultrafast fiber lasers (Conference Presentation)

Clémence Jollivet, Daniel Jeannotte, Peyman Ahmadi, Adrian Carter, Kanishka Tankala

Proceedings Volume 10083, 100830E (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2250543

KEYWORDS: Optics manufacturing, Waveguides, Optical fibers, Dispersion, Ultrafast phenomena, Fiber lasers, Picosecond phenomena, Phase modulation, Pulsed laser operation, Laser systems engineering

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Proceedings Article | 7 March 2017 Presentation + Paper

Design optimization of Tm-doped large-mode area fibers for power scaling of 2 µm lasers and amplifiers

C. Jollivet, K. Farley, M. Conroy, H. Dabhi, J. Edgecumbe, A. Carter, K. Tankala

Proceedings Volume 10083, 100830I (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2250549

KEYWORDS: Fiber amplifiers, Amplifiers, Specialty optical fibers, Doping, Refractive index, Fusion splicing, Optical fibers, Optical amplifiers, Waveguides, Diffusion, Optical testing, Laser systems engineering, Thermal effects

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Proceedings Article | 7 March 2014 Paper

Development of high-power holmium-doped fibre amplifiers

Alexander Hemming, Nikita Simakov, Alan Davidson, Michael Oermann, Len Corena, Dmitrii Stepanov, Neil Carmody, John Haub, Robert Swain, Adrian Carter

Proceedings Volume 8961, 89611A (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2042963

KEYWORDS: Holmium, Fiber lasers, Amplifiers, Fiber amplifiers, High power lasers, YAG lasers, Wavelength division multiplexing, Surgery, Thulium, Phase modulation

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Proceedings Article | 7 March 2014 Paper

High power resonantly pumped holmium-doped fibre sources

Alexander Hemming, Nikita Simakov, John Haub, Adrian Carter

Proceedings Volume 8982, 898202 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2045489

KEYWORDS: Fiber lasers, Holmium, Amplifiers, Thulium, Absorption, Silica, Phase modulation, Continuous wave operation, Cladding, Pulsed laser operation

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Proceedings Article | 16 February 2012 Paper

Development of resonantly cladding-pumped holmium-doped fibre lasers

Alexander Hemming, Shayne Bennetts, Nikita Simakov, John Haub, Adrian Carter

Proceedings Volume 8237, 82371J (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.909458

KEYWORDS: Fiber lasers, Holmium, YAG lasers, Cladding, Optical parametric oscillators, Pulsed laser operation, High power lasers, Fiber Bragg gratings, Diodes, Continuous wave operation

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Proceedings Article | 11 February 2011 Paper

Reliability and photodarkening in 790nm-pumped 2μm fiber lasers

A. Carter, B. Samson, J. Ding, G. Frith, K. Tankala

Proceedings Volume 7914, 79140J (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.879060

KEYWORDS: Fiber lasers, Reliability, Continuous wave operation, Thulium, Laser systems engineering, Pulsed laser operation, LASIK, Laser applications, Laser resonators, Fiber Bragg gratings

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Proceedings Article | 11 February 2011 Paper

A monolithic thulium doped single mode fiber laser with 1.5ns pulsewidth and 8kW peak power

Jianwu Ding, Bryce Sampson, Adrian Carter, Chiachi Wang, Kanishka Tankala

Proceedings Volume 7914, 79140X (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.876867

KEYWORDS: Fiber lasers, Pulsed laser operation, Thulium, Absorption, Semiconductor lasers, Signal generators, Laser applications, Single mode fibers, Cladding, Ions

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Proceedings Article | 17 February 2010 Paper

Mitigation of photodegradation in 790nm-pumped Tm-doped fibers

G. Frith, A. Carter, B. Samson, J. Faroni, K. Farley, K. Tankala, G. Town

Proceedings Volume 7580, 75800A (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.846230

KEYWORDS: Thulium, Fiber lasers, Absorption, Upconversion, Ions, Silica, Optical fibers, Energy transfer, Chromium, Reliability

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Proceedings Article | 12 May 2009 Paper

400W monolithic high efficiency 2 µm MOPA

S. Christensen, T. Ehrenreich, V. Khitrov, K. Tankala, A. Carter, B. Samson

Proceedings Volume 7325, 73250C (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.819311

KEYWORDS: Amplifiers, Diodes, Signal attenuation, Fiber amplifiers, Phase modulation, Free space, Oscillators, Semiconductor lasers, Standards development

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Proceedings Article | 2 October 2008 Paper

Latest developments in 790nm-pumped Tm-doped fibre laser systems for DIRCM applications

G. Frith, T. McComb, B. Samson, W. Torruellas, A. Carter, J. Farroni, K. Farley, K. Tankala

Proceedings Volume 7115, 711507 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.800415

KEYWORDS: Optical amplifiers, Fiber lasers, Fiber amplifiers, Laser systems engineering, Absorption, Amplifiers, Directed infrared countermeasures, Laser applications, Cladding, Pulsed laser operation

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Proceedings Article | 10 June 2006 Paper

Recent progress in high-power fiber lasers for high-power and high-quality material processing applications

Adrian Carter, Enbang Li

Proceedings Volume 6344, 63440F (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.693406

KEYWORDS: Fiber lasers, Laser applications, Materials processing, Laser development, Semiconductor lasers, Fiber Bragg gratings, Continuous wave operation, Ytterbium, High power fiber lasers, Polarization

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Proceedings Article | 23 February 2006 Paper

New developments in high power eye-safe LMA fibers

K. Tankala, B. Samson, A. Carter, J. Farroni, D. Machewirth, N. Jacobson, U. Manyam, A. Sanchez, M-Y. Chen, A. Galvanauskas, W. Torruellas, Y. Chen

Proceedings Volume 6102, 610206 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.646663

KEYWORDS: Thulium, Optical fibers, Absorption, Ytterbium, Erbium, Cladding, Ions, Silica, Quantum efficiency, Glasses

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Proceedings Article | 21 February 2005 Paper

Damage mechanisms in components for fiber lasers and amplifiers

Adrian Carter, Bryce Samson, Kanishka Tankala, David Machewirth, Victor Khitrov, Upendra Manyam, Francois Gonthier, Francois Seguin

Proceedings Volume 5647, (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.592015

KEYWORDS: Fiber lasers, Cladding, Coating, Glasses, Reliability, Polymers, Fiber Bragg gratings, Interfaces, Continuous wave operation, Fiber coupled lasers

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Proceedings Article | 8 October 2004 Paper

Continued advancements in the design of double clad fibers for use in high output fiber lasers and amplifiers

Adrian Carter, Kanishka Tankala, Bryce Samson, David Machewirth, Victor Khitrov, Upendra Manyam

Proceedings Volume 5662, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.596360

KEYWORDS: Optical fibers, Fiber lasers, Birefringence, Fiber amplifiers, Polarization, Cladding, Phase modulation, Ytterbium, Single mode fibers, Nonlinear dynamics

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Fiber lasers have a number of distinct advantages over their more conventional solid state laser alternatives. These advantages include size, reliability, wavelength selectivity, heat dissipation, wall plug efficiency and operational cost. Furthermore they can be operated without the need for active cooling or optical alignment. Consequently the market for these more traditional laser sources are beginning to be eroded by the emergence of fiber lasers. In 1999 high power fiber lasers became a reality, with the world's first single-mode fiber laser exhibiting in excess of 100W cw output. However it was soon recognized that conventional small core, high NA fiber designs were not appropriate to applications requiring further scaling of the output power. More specifically it was found that the maximum achievable output power in such fibers were restricted by a fundamental susceptibility to optical nonlinearities, including stimulated Raman scattering (SRS), stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) and self-phase modulation. In order to overcome the limitations imposed by these parasitic nonlinear processes, it has been necessary to develop fibers with high rare-earth dopant concentrations in relatively large core, low numerical aperture fibers. These so-called large mode area (LMA) fibers are directly responsible for the recent explosion in demonstrated diffraction-limited beam quality output powers, now approaching the kW-level from a single fiber. To further scale the output power it is necessary to combine the output of several fiber lasers. Indeed, for a number of industrial and military applications it is desirable to scale the total output power to between several and hundreds of kW's. It is therefore advantageous to be able to coherently combine the beams from multiple fibers and this it turns makes it desirable for the fiber to also be polarization maintaining. This provides yet another layer of complexity to the fiber design but such fibers are now a commercial reality. In this paper we review the recent and ongoing advantages in fiber design that is facilitating the development and production of lasers and amplifiers with ever increasing output powers.

Proceedings Article | 14 June 2004 Paper

The road to kilowatt fiber lasers

Adrian Carter, Bryce Samson, Kanishka Tankala, David Machewirth, Upendra Manyam, Jaroslaw Abramczyk, Julia Farroni, Douglas Guertin, Nils Jacobson

Proceedings Volume 5350, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.533134

KEYWORDS: Fiber lasers, Birefringence, Cladding, Phase modulation, Glasses, Manufacturing, Diodes, Ytterbium, Fiber coupled lasers, Roads

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Proceedings Article | 7 June 2004 Paper

Large-mode-area double-clad fibers for pulsed and CW lasers and amplifiers

David Machewirth, Victor Khitrov, Upendra Manyam, Kanishka Tankala, Adrian Carter, Jaroslaw Abramczyk, Julia Farroni, Douglas Guertin, Nils Jacobson

Proceedings Volume 5335, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.528056

KEYWORDS: Optical fibers, Ytterbium, Cladding, Phase modulation, Amplifiers, Absorption, Fiber lasers, Reliability, Optical testing, Chemical oxygen iodine lasers

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Proceedings Article | 3 July 2003 Paper

PM double-clad fibers for high-power lasers and amplifiers

Kanishka Tankala, Adrian Carter, David Machewirth, Julia Farroni, Jaroslaw Abramczyk, Upendra Manyam

Proceedings Volume 4974, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.501679

KEYWORDS: Optical fibers, Birefringence, Phase modulation, Amplifiers, High power lasers, Cladding, Polarization, Luminescence, Ytterbium, Fiber lasers

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Proceedings Article | 3 October 1994 Paper

Photo-induced darkening and bleaching in terbium(III)-doped optical fibers

Graham Atkins, Adrian Carter, Francois Ouellette

Proceedings Volume 2289, (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.188702

KEYWORDS: Absorption, Optical fibers, Terbium, Refractive index, Glasses, Ions, Photons, Cladding, Thermography, Optical storage

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Proceedings Volume Editor (2)

SPIE Conference Volume | 7 June 2019

Fiber Lasers XVI: Technology and Systems

SPIE Conference Volume | 30 March 2018

Fiber Lasers XV: Technology and Systems

Conference Committee Involvement (20)

Fiber Lasers XXII: Technology and Systems

27 January 2025 | San Francisco, California, United States

Specialty Optical Fibres VIII

9 April 2024 | Strasbourg, France

Fiber Lasers XXI: Technology and Systems

29 January 2024 | San Francisco, California, United States

Fiber Lasers XX: Technology and Systems

30 January 2023 | San Francisco, California, United States

Micro-Structured and Specialty Optical Fibres VII

6 April 2022 | Strasbourg, France

Fiber Lasers XIX: Technology and Systems

24 January 2022 | San Francisco, California, United States

Fiber Lasers XVIII: Technology and Systems

6 March 2021 | Online Only, California, United States

Micro-Structured and Specialty Optical Fibres VI

6 April 2020 | Online Only, France

Fiber Lasers XVII: Technology and Systems

3 February 2020 | San Francisco, California, United States

Fiber Lasers XVI: Technology and Systems

4 February 2019 | San Francisco, California, United States

Micro-Structured and Specialty Optical Fibres

25 April 2018 | Strasbourg, France

Fiber Lasers XV: Technology and Systems

29 January 2018 | San Francisco, California, United States

Fiber Lasers XIV: Technology and Systems

30 January 2017 | San Francisco, California, United States

Micro-Structured and Specialty Optical Fibres

4 April 2016 | Brussels, Belgium

Fiber Lasers XIII: Technology, Systems, and Applications

15 February 2016 | San Francisco, California, United States

Fiber Lasers XII: Technology, Systems, and Applications

9 February 2015 | San Francisco, California, United States

Fiber Lasers XI: Technology, Systems, and Applications

3 February 2014 | San Francisco, California, United States

Fiber Lasers X: Technology, Systems, and Applications

4 February 2013 | San Francisco, California, United States

Fiber Lasers IX: Technology, Systems, and Applications

23 January 2012 | San Francisco, California, United States

Passive Components and Fiber-Based Devices

13 November 2011 | Shanghai, China

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