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Journal Articles

2023

Y. S. Lo, R. I. Woodward, N. Walk, M. Lucamarini, I. De Marco, T. K. Paraïso, M. Pittaluga, T. Roger, M. Sanzaro, Z. L. Yuan, A. J. Shields

Simplified intensity- and phase-modulated transmitter for modulator-free decoy-state quantum key distribution Journal Article

In: APL Photonics, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 036111, 2023.

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M. Pistoia, O. Amer, M. R. Behera, J. A. Dolphin, J. F. Dynes, B. John, P. A. Haigh, Y. Kawakura, D. H. Kramer, J. Lyon, N. Moazzami, T. D. Movva, A. Polychroniadou, S. Shetty, G. Sysak, F. Toudeh-Fallah, S. Upadhyay, R. I. Woodward, A. J. Shields

Paving the way toward 800 Gbps quantum-secured optical channel deployment in mission-critical environments Journal Article

In: Quantum Science and Technology, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 035015, 2023.

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2022

Y. S. Lo, R. I. Woodward, T. Roger, V. Lovic, T. K. Paraïso, I. De Marco, Z. L. Yuan, A. J. Shields

Self-tuning transmitter for quantum key distribution using machine intelligence Journal Article

In: Physical Review Applied, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 034087, 2022.

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2021

I. De Marco, R. I. Woodward, G. L. Roberts, T. K. Paraiso, T. Roger, M. Sanzaro, M. Lucamarini, Z. Yuan, A. J. Shields

Real-time operation of a multi-rate, multi-protocol quantum key distribution transmitter Journal Article

In: Optica, vol. 8, no. 6, pp. 911, 2021.

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T. K. Paraïso, R. I. Woodward, D. G. Marangon, V. Lovic, Z. Yuan, A. J. Shields

Advanced laser technology for quantum communications (tutorial review) Journal Article

In: Advanced Quantum Technologies, vol. 4, no. 10, pp. 2100062, 2021.

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T. K. Paraïso, T. Roger, D. G. Marangon, I. De Marco, M. Sanzaro, R. I. Woodward, J. F. Dynes, Z. Yuan, A. J. Shields

A photonic integrated quantum secure communication system Journal Article

In: Nature Photonics, vol. 15, no. 11, pp. 850, 2021, ISSN: 1749-4885, 1749-4893.

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M. Pittaluga, M. Minder, M. Lucamarini, M. Sanzaro, R. I. Woodward, M.-J. Li, Z. Yuan, A. J. Shields

600-km repeater-like quantum communications with dual-band stabilization Journal Article

In: Nature Photonics, vol. 15, no. 7, pp. 530, 2021.

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R. I. Woodward, Y. S. Lo, M. Pittaluga, M. Minder, T. K. Paraïso, M. Lucamarini, Z. L. Yuan, A. J. Shields

Gigahertz measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution using directly modulated lasers Journal Article

In: npj Quantum Information, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 58, 2021.

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2020

G. Hu, L. Yang, Z. Yang, Y. Wang, X. Jin, J. Dai, Q. Wu, S. Liu, X. Zhu, X. Wang, T. -C. Wu, R. C. T. Howe, T. Albrow-Owen, L. W. T. Ng, Q. Yang, L. G. Occhipinti, R. I. Woodward, E. J. R Kelleher, Z. Sun, X. Huang, M. Zhang, C. D. Bain, T. Hasan

A general ink formulation of 2D crystals for wafer-scale inkjet printing Journal Article

In: Science Advances, vol. 6, no. 33, pp. eaba5029, 2020.

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M. Z. Amin, M. R. Majewski, R. I. Woodward, A. Fuerbach, S. D. Jackson

Novel near-infrared pump wavelengths for dysprosium fiber lasers Journal Article

In: Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 38, no. 20, pp. 5801, 2020.

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M. R. Majewski, R. I. Woodward, S. D. Jackson

Dysprosium mid‐infrared lasers: Current status and future prospects Journal Article

In: Laser & Photonics Reviews, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 1900195, 2020.

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O. Henderson-Sapir, N. Bawden, M. R. Majewski, R. I. Woodward, D. J. Ottaway, S. D. Jackson

Mode-locked and tunable fiber laser at the 3.5 µm band using frequency-shifted feedback Journal Article

In: Optics Letters, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 224, 2020.

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2019

R. I. Woodward, M. R. Majewski, N. Macadam, G. Hu, T. Albrow-Owen, T. Hasan, S. D. Jackson

Q-switched Dy:ZBLAN fiber lasers beyond 3 μm: comparison of pulse generation using acousto-optic modulation and inkjet-printed black phosphorus Journal Article

In: Optics Express, vol. 27, no. 11, pp. 15032, 2019.

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M. R. Majewski, R. I. Woodward, S. D. Jackson

Ultrafast mid-infrared fiber laser mode-locked using frequency-shifted feedback Journal Article

In: Optics Letters, vol. 44, no. 7, pp. 1698, 2019.

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R. I. Woodward, M. R. Majewski, D. D. Hudson, S. D. Jackson

Swept-wavelength mid-infrared fiber laser for real-time ammonia gas sensing [Invited] Journal Article

In: APL Photonics, vol. 4, pp. 020801, 2019, (Editor's Pick).

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G. Bharathan, T. T. Fernandez, M. Ams, R. I. Woodward, D. D. Hudson, A. Fuerbach

Optimized laser written ZBLAN fiber Bragg gratings with high reflectivity and low loss Journal Article

In: Optics Letters, vol. 44, no. 2, pp. 423, 2019.

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2018

R. I. Woodward, M. R. Majewski, S. D. Jackson

Mode-locked dysprosium fiber laser: picosecond pulse generation from 2.97 to 3.30 µm Journal Article

In: APL Photonics, vol. 3, pp. 116106, 2018, (Editor Featured Article. Highlighted by Laser Focus World: www.bit.ly/dy_lfw).

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G. Bharathan, D. D. Hudson, R. I. Woodward, S. D. Jackson, A. Fuerbach

In-fiber polarizer based on a 45-degree tilted fluoride fiber Bragg grating for mid-infrared fiber laser technology Journal Article

In: OSA Continuum, vol. 1, pp. 56, 2018.

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M. R. Majewski, R. I. Woodward, J. -Y. Carreé, S. Poulain, M. Poulain, S. D. Jackson

Emission beyond 4 μm and mid-infrared lasing in a dysprosium-doped indium fluoride (InF3) fiber Journal Article

In: Optics Letters, vol. 43, no. 8, pp. 1926, 2018.

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R. I. Woodward, M. R. Majewski, G. Bharathan, D. D. Hudson, A. Fuerbach, S. D. Jackson

Watt-level dysprosium fiber laser at 3.15 µm with 73% slope efficiency Journal Article

In: Optics Letters, vol. 43, no. 7, pp. 1471, 2018.

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M. R. Majewski, R. I. Woodward, S. D. Jackson

Dysprosium-doped ZBLAN fiber laser tunable from 2.8 μm to 3.4 μm, pumped at 1.7 μm Journal Article

In: Optics Letters, vol. 43, no. 5, pp. 971, 2018, (Editors' Pick).

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R. I. Woodward

Dispersion engineering of mode-locked fibre lasers [Invited] Journal Article

In: Journal of Optics, vol. 20, pp. 033002, 2018.

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2017

R. I. Woodward, D. D. Hudson, A. Fuerbach, S. D. Jackson

Generation of 70-fs pulses at 2.86 μm from a mid-infrared fiber laser Journal Article

In: Optics Letters, vol. 42, pp. 4893, 2017, (Editors' Pick).

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G. Bharathan, R. I. Woodward, M. Ams, D. D. Hudson, S. D. Jackson, A. Fuerbach

Direct inscription of Bragg gratings into coated fluoride fibers for widely tunable and robust mid-infrared lasers Journal Article

In: Optics Express, vol. 25, pp. 30013, 2017.

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G. Hu, T. Albrow-Owen, X. Jin, A. Ali, Y. Hu, R. C. T. Howe, K. Shehzad, Z. Yang, X. Zhu, R. I. Woodward, T. -C. Wu, H. Jussila, J. -B. Wu, P. Peng, P. -H. Tan, Z. Sun, E. J. R. Kelleher, M. Zhang, Y. Xu, T. Hasan

Black phosphorus ink formulation for inkjet printing of optoelectronics and photonics Journal Article

In: Nature Communications, vol. 8, pp. 278, 2017.

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R. I. Woodward, E. J. R. Kelleher

Genetic algorithm-based control of birefringent filtering for self-tuning, self-pulsing fiber lasers Journal Article

In: Optics Letters, vol. 42, no. 15, pp. 2952, 2017, (Editors' Pick).

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R. I. Woodward, R. T. Murray, C. F. Phelan, R. E. P. Oliveira, T. H. Runcorn, E. J. R. Kelleher, S. Li, E. C. Oliveira, G. J. M. Fechine, G. Eda, C. J. S. Matos

Characterization of the second- and third-order nonlinear optical susceptibilities of monolayer MoS2 using multiphoton microscopy Journal Article

In: 2D Materials, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 011006, 2017.

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2016

R. I. Woodward, E. J. R. Kelleher

Towards 'smart lasers': self-optimisation of an ultrafast pulse source using a genetic algorithm Journal Article

In: Scientific Reports, vol. 6, pp. 37616, 2016.

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R. I. Woodward, E. J. R. Kelleher

Dark solitons in laser radiation build-up dynamics Journal Article

In: Physical Review E, vol. 93, no. 3, pp. 032221, 2016.

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R. C. T. Howe, R. I. Woodward, G. Hu, Z. Yang, E. J. R. Kelleher, T. Hasan

Surfactant-aided exfoliation of molybdenum disulfide for ultrafast pulse generation through edge-state saturable absorption Journal Article

In: Physica Status Solidi (B), vol. 253, no. 5, pp. 911, 2016.

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2015

R. I. Woodward, E. J. R. Kelleher

2D Saturable Absorbers for Fibre Lasers [Invited] Journal Article

In: Applied Sciences, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 1440-1456, 2015.

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R. I. Woodward, R. C. T. Howe, T. H. Runcorn, G. Hu, F. Torrisi, E. J. R. Kelleher, T. Hasan

Wideband saturable absorption in few-layer molybdenum diselenide (MoSe2) for Q-switching Yb-, Er- and Tm-doped fiber lasers Journal Article

In: Optics Express, vol. 23, no. 15, pp. 20051, 2015.

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R. I. Woodward, R. C. T. Howe, G. Hu, F. Torrisi, M. Zhang, T. Hasan, E. J. R. Kelleher

Few-layer MoS2 saturable absorbers for short-pulse laser technology: current status and future perspectives [Invited] Journal Article

In: Photonics Research, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. A30–A42, 2015.

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R. I. Woodward, E. J. R. Kelleher, T. H. Runcorn, S. Loranger, D. Popa, V. J. Wittwer, A. C. Ferrari, S. V. Popov, R. Kashyap, J. R. Taylor

Fiber grating compression of giant-chirped nanosecond pulses from an ultra-long nanotube mode-locked fiber laser Journal Article

In: Optics Letters, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 387–390, 2015.

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M. Zhang, R. C. T. Howe, R. I. Woodward, E. J. R. Kelleher, F. Torrisi, G. Hu, S. V. Popov, J. R. Taylor, T. Hasan

Solution processed MoS2-PVA composite for sub-bandgap mode-locking of a wideband tunable ultrafast Er:fiber laser Journal Article

In: Nano Research, vol. 8, no. 5, pp. 1522–1534, 2015.

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2014

D. J. J. Hu, R. T. Murray, T. Legg, T. H. Runcorn, M. Zhang, R. I. Woodward, J. L. Lim, Y. Wang, F. Luan, B. Gu, P. P. Shum, E. J. R. Kelleher, S. V. Popov, J. R. Taylor

Fiber-integrated 780 nm source for visible parametric generation Journal Article

In: Optics Express, vol. 22, no. 24, pp. 29726, 2014.

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V. Mamidala, R. I. Woodward, Y. Yang, H. H. Liu, K. K. Chow

Graphene-based passively mode-locked bidirectional fiber ring laser Journal Article

In: Optics Express, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 4539, 2014.

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R. I. Woodward, E. J. R. Kelleher, R. C. T. Howe, G. Hu, F. Torrisi, T. Hasan, S. V. Popov, J. R. Taylor

Tunable Q-switched fiber laser based on saturable edge-state absorption in few-layer molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) Journal Article

In: Optics Express, vol. 22, no. 25, pp. 31113, 2014.

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R. I. Woodward, E. J. R. Kelleher, S. V. Popov, J. R. Taylor

Stimulated Brillouin scattering of visible light in small-core photonic crystal fibers Journal Article

In: Optics Letters, vol. 39, no. 8, pp. 2330–2333, 2014.

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R. I. Woodward, E. J. R. Kelleher, D. Popa, T. Hasan, F. Bonaccorso, A. C. Ferrari, S. V. Popov, J. R. Taylor

Scalar nanosecond pulse generation in a nanotube mode-locked environmentally stable fiber laser Journal Article

In: IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 26, no. 16, pp. 1672–1675, 2014.

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Book Chapters

R. I. Woodward, M. Gorjan

Modeling mid-infrared fiber laser systems Book Chapter

In: Jackson, S. D.; Bernier, M.; Vallee, R. (Ed.): Chapter 13, Woodhead Publishing, 2022, ISBN: 978-0-12-818017-4.

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R. I. Woodward, D. D. Hudson

Mode-locked mid-infrared fiber systems Book Chapter

In: Jackson, S. D.; Bernier, M.; Vallee, R. (Ed.): Chapter 11, Woodhead Publishing, 2022, ISBN: 978-0-12-818017-4.

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M. Erkintalo, A. Runge, R. I. Woodward, E. J. R. Kelleher, N. G. R. Broderick

Instabilities and extreme events in all-normal dispersion mode-locked fibre lasers Book Chapter

In: Wabnitz, S. (Ed.): Nonlinear Guided Wave Optics: A testbed for extreme waves, Chapter 5, IOP Publishing, 2017.

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Thesis

R. I. Woodward

Exploiting nonlinearity in optical fibres and nanomaterials for short-pulse laser technology PhD Thesis

Imperial College London, 2016.

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