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46
Citations
6810
World Ranking
5263
National Ranking
351

Overview

Duncan Paul Hand is affiliated with Heriot-Watt University in the United Kingdom. Their research is primarily situated within the field of engineering, with a focus on several subfields including electrical and electronic engineering, biomedical engineering, computational mechanics, mechanical engineering, and mechanics of materials.

The main topics of their scholarly work cover a range of advanced techniques and applications related to lasers and materials processing. These topics include:

  • Laser Material Processing Techniques
  • Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques
  • Laser and Thermal Forming Techniques
  • Laser-induced Spectroscopy and Plasma
  • Laser Applications in Dentistry and Medicine
  • Optical Network Technologies
  • Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Duncan Paul Hand include:

  • "Polylactic is a Sustainable, Low Absorption, Low Autofluorescence Alternative to Other Plastics for Microfluidic and Organ-on-Chip Applications," 2020, Analytical Chemistry
  • "Review of Microfluidic Devices and Imaging Techniques for Fluid Flow Study in Porous Geomaterials," 2020, Sensors
  • "Process Optimization for 100 W Nanosecond Pulsed Fiber Laser Engraving of 316L Grade Stainless Steel," 2020, Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing
  • "Investigation of an Interlaced Laser Beam Scanning Method for Ultrashort Pulse Laser Micromachining Applications," 2020, Journal of Materials Processing Technology
  • "Impact of Nonlinear Effects on Transmission Losses of Hollow-Core Antiresonant Negative Curvature Optical Fiber," 2020, Applied Optics

Duncan Paul Hand has frequently published in venues such as Sensors, Analytical Chemistry, Applied Physics A, Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing, and Journal of Materials Processing Technology.

Collaborations are a significant part of their research activity. Frequent co-authors include Richard Carter, Krystian L. Wlodarczyk, M. J. Daniel Esser, Adrian Dzipalski, and M. Mercedes Maroto-Valer.

Best Publications

  • Photoinduced refractive-index changes in germanosilicate fibers.

    D. P. Hand;Philip St. J. Russell

  • Solitary thermal shock waves and optical damage in optical fibers: the fiber fuse.

    D. P. Hand;P. St. J. Russell

  • High energy nanosecond laser pulses delivered single-mode through hollow-core PBG fibers

    Jonathan D. Shephard;J. D. C. Jones;D. P. Hand;G. Bouwmans

  • Single-mode mid-IR guidance in a hollow-core photonic crystal fiber.

    J. D. Shephard;W. N. MacPherson;R. R. J. Maier;J. D. C. Jones

  • Melt ejection during laser drilling of metals

    K.T. Voisey;S.S. Kudesia;W.S.O. Rodden;D.P. Hand

  • Application of cooled spatial light modulator for high power nanosecond laser micromachining

    Rainer J Beck;Jonathan P Parry;William N MacPherson;Andrew Waddie

  • Picosecond and nanosecond pulse delivery through a hollow-core Negative Curvature Fiber for micro-machining applications

    Piotr Jaworski;Fei Yu;Robert Raimund Josef Maier;William J Wadsworth

  • Mid-infrared methane detection in a photonic bandgap fiber using a broadband optical parametric oscillator.

    L Kornaszewski;N Gayraud;James M Stone;W N MacPherson

  • Picosecond laser welding of similar and dissimilar materials.

    Richard M. Carter;Jianyong Chen;Jonathan D. Shephard;Robert R. Thomson

  • Mid-infrared gas sensing using a photonic bandgap fiber

    Nicolas Gayraud;Ukasz W Kornaszewski;James M Stone;Jonathan C Knight

  • Transient deformation measurement with electronic speckle pattern interferometry and a high-speed camera

    Andrew J. Moore;Duncan P. Hand;Jim S. Barton;Julian D. C. Jones

  • Ultra-Wideband Bandpass Filter With Multiple Notch Bands Using Nonuniform Periodical Slotted Ground Structure

    Zhang-Cheng Hao;Jia-Sheng Hong;J.P. Parry;D.P. Hand

  • In-Fiber Fabry–Perot Cavity Sensor for High-Temperature Applications

    Jinesh Mathew;Oliver Schneller;Dimitrios Polyzos;Dirk Havermann

  • Maskless, rapid manufacturing of glass microfluidic devices using a picosecond pulsed laser.

    Krystian Lukasz Wlodarczyk;Duncan Paul Hand;M. Mercedes Maroto-Valer

  • Flexible delivery of Er:YAG radiation at 2.94 µm with negative curvature silica glass fibers: a new solution for minimally invasive surgical procedures.

    Artur Urich;Robert Raimund Josef Maier;Fei Yu;Jonathan C Knight

  • Material interactions in laser polishing powder bed additive manufactured Ti6Al4V components

    Yingtao Tian;Wojciech Stanisław Góra;Aldara Pan Cabo;Lakshmi L. Parimi

  • Nanosecond laser texturing for high friction applications

    Andrew Dunn;Jesper V. Carstensen;Krystian L. Wlodarczyk;Erica B. Hansen

  • Picosecond laser cutting and drilling of thin flex glass

    Krystian Lukasz Wlodarczyk;Adam Brunton;Phil Rumsby;Duncan Paul Hand

  • Enhancing Surface Finish of Additively Manufactured Titanium and Cobalt Chrome Elements Using Laser Based Finishing

    Wojciech Stanisław Góra;Yingtao Tian;Aldara Pan Cabo;Marcus Ardron

  • A comprehensive study of the long pulse Nd:YAG laser drilling of multi-layer carbon fibre composites

    W Rodden;S S Kudesia;Duncan Paul Hand;Julian David Clayton Jones

  • Rocking filter formation in photosensitive high birefringence optical fibres

    P. St. J. Russell;D.P. Hand

Frequent Co-Authors

Julian D. C. Jones
Julian D. C. Jones Heriot-Watt University
Jonathan Knight
Jonathan Knight University of Bath
M. Mercedes Maroto-Valer
M. Mercedes Maroto-Valer Heriot-Watt University
Robert Lewis Reuben
Robert Lewis Reuben Heriot-Watt University
P. St. J. Russell
P. St. J. Russell Max Planck Society
William J. Wadsworth
William J. Wadsworth University of Bath
Philip B. Prangnell
Philip B. Prangnell University of Manchester
Zhang-Cheng Hao
Zhang-Cheng Hao Southeast University
Tim A. Birks
Tim A. Birks University of Bath
Jia-Sheng Hong
Jia-Sheng Hong Heriot-Watt University

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