Position: Research
Associate
Office: Earl Mountbatten Building G.02
Telephone: +44 (0) 131 451 3086
Email: i.thomson@hw.ac.uk Biography
Dr Ian J. Thomson was born in Inverness, Scotland.
He obtained his MPhys (Hons) and PhD from Heriot-Watt
University, Edinburgh, UK, in 2005 and 2010,
respectively. He is currently a Research Associate
in the Laser and Photonics Applications Group
working on diode-pumped solid-state laser amplifiers
for industrial applications.Publications
Journal Publications
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I. Thomson, J. Monjardin, N. Trela, H. Baker, D.
Hall, “Double-edge pumped Yb:YAG planar
waveguide laser with 400W output power”, In
preparation, 2010.
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I. Thomson, H. Baker, D. Hall, “Pump and gain
uniformity in a double-edge pumped planar
waveguide laser”, In preparation, 2010.
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K. Wlodarczyk, I. Thomson, H. Baker, D. Hall,
“CO2 laser fabrication of sub- millimetre width
mirrors for planar waveguide laser applications
by localised vaporisation”, In preparation,
2010.
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J. Xu, I. Thomson, J. Valera, H. Baker, A.
Russell, D. Hall, “A planar waveguide Nd:YAG
laser using active Q-switching of a hybrid
unstable resonator”, IEEE Journal of selected
topics in quantum electronics, vol. 13(3), pp.
638-646, 2007.
International and Full Length Conference
Papers
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I. Thomson, H. Baker, K. Wlodarczyk, N. Trela,
D. Hall, “400W Yb:YAG planar waveguide laser
using novel unstable resonators”, Paper
presented at SPIE Photonics West conference, San
Francisco, USA, 2010.
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I. Thomson, H. Baker, N. Trela, J. Monjardin, J.
Valera, D. Hall, “Double sided diode edge-pumped
Yb:YAG laser with 230W output power”, Paper
presented at CLEO conference, Baltimore, USA,
2009.
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K. Wlodarczyk, I. Thomson, H. Baker, D. Hall,
“Mode-selective toroidal mirrors for unstable
resonator planar waveguide and thin-slab solid
state lasers”, Paper presented at ECLEO
conference, Munich, Germany, 2009.
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A. McKay, V. Valles-Gomez, I. Thomson, H. Baker,
D. Hall, “Development of solid-state laser
technologies”, Paper presented at James Watt
Institute for High-value Manufacturing
conference, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh,
2009.
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I. Thomson, J. Monjardin, N. Trela, J. Valera,
H. Baker, D. Hall, “Width scaling of
diode-pumped Yb:YAG planar waveguide lasers”,
Paper presented at Europhoton ’08 conference,
Paris, France, 2008.
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I. Thomson, J. Monjardin, N. Trela, J. Valera,
H. Baker, D. Hall, “Development of width-scaled
edge pumped planar waveguide lasers”, Paper
presented at IoP Photon ’08 conference, Heriot-Watt
University, Edinburgh, 2008.
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H. Baker, J. Monjardin, I. Thomson, N. Trela, J.
Valera, D. Hall, “Development of edge pumped
planar waveguide lasers”, Paper presented at
SPIE Photonics West Conference, San Jose, USA,
2008.
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I. Thomson, J. Valera, H. Baker, D. Hall,
“Q-switching dynamics of an efficient unstable
resonator, planar waveguide laser”, Paper
presented at Europhoton ’06 conference, Pisa,
Italy, 2006.
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H. Baker, J. Valera, A. Russell, I. Thomson, D.
Hall, “Q-switching of an unstable resonator for
a high average power planar waveguide Nd:YAG
laser”, Paper presented at CLEO conference, Long
Beach, USA, 2006.
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