Dr. Billy D. Richards Profile

Dr. Billy D. Richards

at Univ of Leeds

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Publications (12)

Proceedings Article | 1 November 2012 Paper

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Studies on the crystallisation behaviour of erbium doped phosphate glasses

N. Prasad, B. Richards, M. Marshall, R. Ireson, M. Glendenning, A. Jha

Proceedings Volume 8534, 853418 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.981715

KEYWORDS: Glasses, Crystals, Fusion energy, Ions, Silica, Laser dentistry, LIDAR, Oxygen, Ytterbium, Crystallography

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Proceedings Article | 1 November 2012 Paper

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Mid-infrared emission from Dy3+ doped tellurite bulk glass and waveguides

Billy D. Richards, Toney Teddy-Fernandez, Animesh Jha, David Binks

Proceedings Volume 8534, 853411 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.981384

KEYWORDS: Glasses, Luminescence, Absorption, Mid-IR, Waveguides, ZBLAN, Semiconductor lasers, Dysprosium, Atmospheric sensing, Phonons

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Proceedings Article | 26 May 2011 Paper

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Oxide glasses for mid-infrared lasers

Billy D. Richards, Animesh Jha, Gin Jose, Xin Jiang

Proceedings Volume 8039, 80390R (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.886722

KEYWORDS: Glasses, Mid-IR, Absorption, Ions, Oxides, Infrared radiation, Fiber lasers, Silica, Phonons, FT-IR spectroscopy

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Proceedings Article | 13 May 2010 Paper

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Engineering rare-earth-doped heavy metal oxide glasses for 2-5 µm lasers

Billy D. Richards, Animesh Jha, Vitaly Dorofeev, Tariq Manzur

Proceedings Volume 7693, 769303 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.852180

KEYWORDS: Glasses, Cladding, Fiber lasers, Oxides, Silica, Infrared radiation, Refractive index, Metals, Ions, Absorption

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Proceedings Article | 5 August 2009 Paper

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Recent advances in mid-IR optical fibres for chemical and biological sensing in the 2-15um spectral range

Animesh Jha, Xin Jiang, Joris Lousteau, Billy Richards, Hongxia Li, William MacPherson, Henry Bookey, James Barton, Ajoy Kar, Yuen Tsang, David Binks

Proceedings Volume 7386, 73860V (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.840477

KEYWORDS: Mid-IR, Glasses, Sensors, Spectroscopy, Chemical analysis, Refractive index, Absorption, Optical fibers, Raman spectroscopy, Oxides

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Proceedings Article | 28 February 2009 Paper

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GaInNAs semiconductor disk lasers as pump sources for Tm3+(,Ho3+)-doped glass, crystal and fibre lasers

Sharon Vetter, L. McKnight, Stephane Calvez, Martin Dawson, F. Fusari, Alexander Lagatsky, Wilson Sibbett, Christian Brown, Ville-Markus Korpijärvi, Mircea Guina, B. Richards, G. Jose, Animesh Jha

Proceedings Volume 7193, 719317 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.811116

KEYWORDS: Glasses, Laser crystals, Crystals, Semiconductor lasers, Fiber lasers, Laser glasses, Wavelength tuning, Mirrors, Semiconductors, Disk lasers

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Proceedings Article | 15 October 2008 Paper

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CW and Q-switched 2.1 µm Tm3+/Ho3+/Yb3+-triply-doped tellurite fibre lasers

Billy D. Richards, Yuen Tsang, David Binks, Joris Lousteau, Animesh Jha

Proceedings Volume 7111, 711105 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.800134

KEYWORDS: Fiber lasers, Silica, Glasses, Reflectivity, Continuous wave operation, Q switched lasers, Absorption, Energy transfer, Output couplers, Mirrors

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Proceedings Article | 22 April 2008 Paper

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Numerical rate equation modelling of a 1.61 µm pumped ~2 µm Tm3+-doped tellurite fibre laser

Billy Richards, Craig Evans, Zoran Ikonić, Paul Harrison, Yuen Tsang, David Binks, Joris Lousteau, Animesh Jha

Proceedings Volume 6998, 69981T (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.782349

KEYWORDS: Fiber lasers, Reflectivity, Output couplers, Absorption, Glasses, Ions, Modeling, Silica, Refractive index, Cladding

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Proceedings Article | 3 October 2007 Paper

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Efficient 1.9 μm Tm3+/Yb3+-doped tellurite fibre laser

Billy Richards, Yuen Tsang, David Binks, Joris Lousteau, Animesh Jha

Proceedings Volume 6750, 675005 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.738488

KEYWORDS: Thulium, Ytterbium, Output couplers, Fiber lasers, Reflectivity, Absorption, Glasses, Silica, Fluorine, Erbium

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Proceedings Article | 3 October 2006 Paper

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Emission spectroscopy and energy transfer in Tm3+, Tm3+ -Ho3+, and Tm3+ -Yb3+ doped tellurite fibers

Billy Richards, Shaoxiong Shen, Animesh Jha

Proceedings Volume 6367, 63670G (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.689619

KEYWORDS: Thulium, Glasses, Holmium, Ions, Optical fibers, Energy transfer, Upconversion, Ytterbium, Fiber lasers, Absorption

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Proceedings Article | 28 February 2006 Paper

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Time resolve spectroscopy and energy transfer in Tm³⁺-Ho³⁺ and Tm³⁺-Tb³⁺ doped tellurite glasses

Shaoxiong Shen, Billy Richards, Animesh Jha

Proceedings Volume 6116, 61160C (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.644715

KEYWORDS: Thulium, Glasses, Holmium, Luminescence, Terbium, Ions, Energy transfer, Fluorine, Spectroscopy, Fiber amplifiers

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Proceedings Article | 1 November 2005 Paper

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Spectroscopy of Tm-Ho co-doped tellurite glass for mid-IR fibre lasers in 1.8–2.2 μm

Billy Richards, Shaoxiong Shen, Animesh Jha

Proceedings Volume 5984, 598407 (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.627838

KEYWORDS: Thulium, Holmium, Glasses, Ions, Fiber lasers, Spectroscopy, Energy transfer, Laser development, Mid-IR, Tellurium

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