Publications

Current to 2002

2001 to 1995

• H J Baker, A A Chesworth, D Pelaez Millas D R Hall, “A planar waveguide Nd:YAG laser with a hybrid waveguide-unstable resonator” Optics Communications 191, 126 (2001)

• F Villarreal, P Murray, H J Baker, D R Hall, “Enhanced peak power and short pulse operation of planar waveguide CO2 lasers” Applied Physics Letters 78,  2276 (2001)

• Q Cao, H J Baker, D R Hall, “High modulation rate, msec pulses for micromachining using a planar waveguide CO2 laser amplifier” Proc SPIE 4184, 266 (2001)

• J R Lee, G J Friel,  H J Baker, G J Hilton, D R Hall, “Nd:YAG planar waveguide laser at 121W with diode bars face-pumping- use as a power amplifier” OSA TOPS volume "Advanced Solid-State Lasers (2001)

• Q Cao, H J Baker, D R Hall, “Transverse mode propagation and gain coefficients in a planar waveguide CO2 laser amplifier” IEEE J Quantum Electron. 37, No. 3  376 (2001)

• F Villarreal, P.R.Murray, H J Baker, G A J Markillie, R J  Ramirez, Q Cao, D R Hall, “High peak power CO2 planar waveguide lasers for direct high resolution machining” Proc SPIE 4184, 258 (2001)

• H J Baker, A Chesworth, D Pelaez Millas, D R Hall, “Power scaling of thin Nd:glass and Nd:YAG slab lasers face-pumped by laser diodes” OSA Trends in Optics and Photonics, TOPS XXI, 407 (2000)

• B Wasilewski, H J Baker, D R Hall, “Intracavity beam behaviour in hybrid resonator planar waveguide CO2 lasers” Applied Optics  9,  6174 - 6187 (2000)

• H J Baker, G A J Markillie, P Field, Q Cao, C Janke, D R Hall, “Precision laser processing of optical microstructures with slab waveguide CO2 laser” Proc SPIE, vol 3888, pp 625-634  (2000)

• S M A Durrani, P Vidaud, D R Hall, “Stability region studies of CO2 gas laser mixture RF capacitative discharges” European Physical Journal-Applied Physics 6 (1): 95-100 (1999)

• H J Baker, A Chesworth, D Pelaez Millas, D R Hall, “Power scaling of thin Nd:glass and Nd:YAG slab lasers face-pumped by laser diodes” OSA Trends in Optics and Photonics, TOPS XX,   (1999) 

• F Villarreal, P Murray, Q Cao, P Field, G A J Markillie, H J Baker, D R Hall, “Enhancement of micro-machining capabilities of  CO2¬ planar waveguide lasers” Proceedings ICALEO - Laser Microfabrication Conference, LIA Volume 88 (1999)

• G A J Markillie, H J Baker, J G Betterton, D R Hall, “Fast-axial-flow CO2 slab laserwith a narrow gap rf discharge operating at high pressures” IEEE J Quantum Electronics QE-35, 1134 (1999)

• F Villarreal, H J Baker, R Abram, D Jones, D R Hall, “Beam reformatting in one and two dimensional arrays of CO2¬ waveguide lasers” IEEE J Quantum Electronics QE-35, 267 (1999)

• H J Baker, D R Hall, “High power planar waveguide lasers” Proc GCL/HPL St Petersburg, ed A Boreisho and G A Baranov SPIE Vol 3574, 114 (1998)

• D R Hall, H J Baker, “High power waveguide array lasers” SPIE Conference on High Power Laser Ablation, Santa Fe, ed C R Phipps, Proc SPIE 3343, 620 (1998)

• H J Baker G A J Markillie, J G Betterton, D R Hall, “Electrical properties of narrow gap slab rf discharges in a high pressssure fast axial flow CO2 laser” Proc GCL/HPL St Petersburg, ed A Boreisho and G A Baranov SPIE Vol 3574, 128 (1998)

• F Villarreal, H J Baker, R Abram, D R Jones, D R Hall, “Beam reformatting of one and two dimensional arrays of CO2 waveguide lasers” SPIE Conference on High Power Laser Ablation, Santa Fe, ed C R Phipps, Proc SPIE, 3343, 620 (1998)

• F Villarreal, R Abram, H Baker, D Hall,  D Jones, E Johnston, W Steen, J Spencer, “Ablation of surfaces using a compact high power CO2 waveguide array laser with beam shaping” Proc  XVI Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro-optics, ICALEO ‘97  V83 148-155  (1998)

• H J Baker G A J Markillie, J G Betterton, D R Hall, “Spatially resolved measurement of electrical properties of rf discharge in fast flow CO2 slab lasers” J Measurement Technology 9, 1456 (1998)

• H J Baker, A Chesworth, D Pelaez Millas, D R Hall, “Power scaling of thin Nd:glass and Nd:YAG slab lasers face-pumped by laser diodes”  OSA Trends in Optics and Photonics, (TOPS) XIX, 407 (1998)

• J J Wendland, H J Baker, D R Hall, “Operation of a cw 14C16O2 Laser in the 12mm Spectral Region” Optics Communications 125, (1998)

• J J Wendland, R J Morley, H J Baker, D R Hall,  “High Power Mid Infrared Operation of the Atomic Xenon Laser” Applied Physics Letters  72, 1436 (1998)

• J W Bethel, H J Baker, D R Hall, ”A new scaleable annular CO2 laser with high specific output power” Optics Communications 125, 352-358 (1998)

• D R Hall, H J Baker, A D Colley, K M Abramski, US Patent 5,608,745. March 4 (1997) "Slab waveguide laser"

• R J Morley, J J Wendland, H J Baker, D R Hall,”Single line operation and line competition effects in rf excited cw Xe lasers” Optics Communications 124, 244(1997)

• B Wasilewski, KM Abramski, A D Colley, H J Baker, D R Hall, “Modelling of 1-d cavities for large area gain media” Proc SPIE  3092, 325 (1997)

• S Somkuarnpanit, D Su, J D C Jones, H J Baker, D R Hall, “Effects of beam launching on mode coupling in hollow infrared waveguides” Proc SPIE  3092, 321 (1997)

• Q Cao, H J Baker, D R Hall, “Atmospheric absorption effeects in beam delivery for industrial CO lasers” Proc SPIE  3092, 297 (1997)

• R Abram, P Blair, F Villareal, A D Colley, M Taghizadeh, HJ Baker, D R Hall, “Two dimensional waveguide laser arrays and beam re-formatting” Proc SPIE  3092, 100 (1997)

• D Pelaez-Millas, A Faulstich, H J Baker, D R Hall, “A planar waveguide Nd:YAG laser face pumped by laser diode bars” Proc SPIE  3092, 25 (1997)

• D Su, S Somkuarnpanit, D R Hall, J D C Jones, "Thermal effects in beam launch in hollow waveguides for laser power delivery" Applied Optics 35, 4787-4789(1996) 

• A Faulstich, H J Baker, D R Hall "Face Pumping of Thin Solid State Lasers with Laser Diodes" Optics Letters 21, 594 (1996)

• A D Colley, F Villarreal, A A Cameron, P P Vitruk, H J Baker, D R Hall, "High power cw molecular lasers using narrow gap slab waveguides"  - In  ‘Gas lasers - Recent Developments & Future Prospects’ pp 89-103 Kluwer Academic Publications (1996)

• D Su, S Somkuarnpanit, J D C Jones and D R Hall, “Thermal loading in launching and butt connection with hollow waveguides for CO2 laser beam delivery”, SPIE Proceedings, Vol.2677, pp.43 to 48 (1996).

• K M Abramski, H J Baker,  A D Colley, D R Hall, "High Power Multi-channel Waveguide CO2 Laser Arrays" - In  ‘Gas lasers - Recent Developments and Future Prospects’ 105 124 Kluwer Academic Publications (1996)

• K M Abramski, H J Baker, A D Colley, D R Hall, "High Power 2-Dimensional  Waveguide Laser Arrays" IEEE J Quantum Electronics  32, 304 (1996)

• H J Baker, D R Hall, A M Hornby, R J Morley, M R Taghizadeh, E F Yelden, "Propagation and transformation characteristics of coherent laser array beams" IEEE J Quantum Electron. 32, 400 (1996)

• D R Hall H J Baker, "Waveguide slab carbon dioxide lasers" Journal of Japan Society of Laser Technology, 20, 31-53 (1995)

• S Somkuarnpanit, D Su, F Villarreal, A D Colley, H J Baker, J D Jones, DR Hall, "Beam delivery characteristics of optical fibres for carbon monoxide lasers" Optics and Lasers in Engineering 23, 221(1995)

• P P Vitruk, R J Morley, H J Baker, D R Hall, "High Power RF Excited Xenon Lasers" Appl Phys Lett  67, 1366 (1995) and Appl Phys Lett. 67, 30 (1995)

1994 to 1990

Invited conference presentations

Current to 2000

1999 to 1990

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