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  • 2008 - OSA Fellows For outstanding conceptual and experimental contributions in the fields of photonic crystal fibres and tapered fiber devices.

Overview

Tim A. Birks is affiliated with the University of Bath in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Physics and Astronomy, with significant contributions to Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

The scientist's work covers various specialized topics including:

  • Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
  • Optical Network Technologies
  • Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics
  • Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors
  • Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing
  • Spectroscopy and Laser Applications
  • Optical Coherence Tomography Applications

Tim A. Birks has been involved in multiple recent publications, reflecting a focus on optical fiber technologies and photonics. Among these are:

  • "Stack, seal, evacuate, draw: a method for drawing hollow-core fiber stacks under positive and negative pressure," 2022, Optics Express
  • "Molecular detection of Gram-positive bacteria in the human lung through an optical fiber-based endoscope," 2020, European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
  • "Observation of Rapid Adiabatic Passage in Optical Four-Wave Mixing," 2020, Physical Review Letters
  • "Diffraction-limited integral-field spectroscopy for extreme adaptive optics systems with the Multi-Core fiber-fed Integral-Field Unit," 2020, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • "Guidance of ultraviolet light down to 190 nm in a hollow-core optical fibre," 2024, Optics Express

The scientist frequently collaborates with others in their domain. Notable coauthors include:

  • Kerrianne Harrington
  • Robert R. Thomson
  • James M. Stone
  • R.J. Mears
  • W. J. Wadsworth

Tim A. Birks has published extensively in recognized venues which serve as platforms for their research contributions. Frequent publication venues are:

  • Optics Express
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation IV
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Optics Letters

In 2008, Tim A. Birks was honored as an OSA Fellow for contributions in the fields of photonic crystal fibres and tapered fiber devices. This distinction reflects a history of involvement in photonic research.

Best Publications

  • All-silica single-mode optical fiber with photonic crystal cladding

    J.C. Knight;T.A. Birks;P.St.J. Russell;D.M. Atkin

  • Endlessly single-mode photonic crystal fiber.

    Tim A. Birks;Jonathan C. Knight;Philip St J Russell

  • Single-Mode Photonic Band Gap Guidance of Light in Air.

    R. F. Cregan;B. J. Mangan;J. C. Knight;T. A. Birks

  • Photonic crystal fibres

    Philip St. John Russell;Timothy Adam Birks;Jonathan Cave Knight

  • Photonic Band Gap Guidance in Optical Fibers

    J. C. Knight;J. Broeng;T. A. Birks;P. St. J. Russell

  • Supercontinuum generation in tapered fibers

    T. A. Birks;W. J. Wadsworth;P. St. J. Russell

  • Phase-matched excitation of whispering-gallery-mode resonances by a fiber taper

    J. C. Knight;G. Cheung;F. Jacques;T. A. Birks

  • The shape of fiber tapers

    T.A. Birks;Y.W. Li

  • Ultimate low loss of hollow-core photonic crystal fibres.

    P. J. Roberts;F. Couny;H. Sabert;B. J. Mangan

  • Anomalous dispersion in photonic crystal fiber

    J.C. Knight;J. Arriaga;T.A. Birks;A. Ortigosa-Blanch

  • Large mode area photonic crystal fibre

    J.C. Knight;T.A. Birks;R.F. Cregan;P.St.J. Russell

  • Highly birefringent photonic crystal fibers

    A. Ortigosa-Blanch;J. C. Knight;W. J. Wadsworth;J. Arriaga

  • Full 2-D photonic bandgaps in silica/air structures

    T.A. Birks;P.J. Roberts;P.S.J. Russell;D.M. Atkin

  • Supercontinuum and four-wave mixing with Q-switched pulses in endlessly single-mode photonic crystal fibres

    William J. Wadsworth;N. Joly;Jonathan C. Knight;Tim A. Birks

  • Compact, stable and efficient all-fibre gas cells using hollow-core photonic crystal fibres

    F. Benabid;F. Couny;J. C. Knight;T. A. Birks

  • Supercontinuum generation in submicron fibre waveguides

    S. G. Leon-Saval;T. A. Birks;W. J. Wadsworth;P. St.J. Russell

  • Properties of photonic crystal fiber and the effective index model

    J.C. Knight;T.A. Birks;P.St.J. Russell;J.P. de Sandro

  • Supercontinuum generation in photonic crystal fibers and optical fiber tapers: a novel light source

    William J. Wadsworth;Arturo Ortigosa-Blanch;Jonathan C. Knight;Tim A. Birks

  • Group-velocity dispersion in photonic crystal fibers.

    D. Mogilevtsev;Tim A. Birks;Philip St J Russell

  • Multicore optical fibre

    Alan H. Greenaway;Peter A. Lloyd;Timothy A. Birks;Philip S. Russell

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan Knight
Jonathan Knight University of Bath
P. St. J. Russell
P. St. J. Russell Max Planck Society
William J. Wadsworth
William J. Wadsworth University of Bath
Sergio G. Leon-Saval
Sergio G. Leon-Saval University of Sydney
Philip St. J. Russell
Philip St. J. Russell Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light
Joss Bland-Hawthorn
Joss Bland-Hawthorn University of Sydney
Fetah Benabid
Fetah Benabid Xlim Research Institute
David J. Richardson
David J. Richardson Microsoft (United States)
Richard Ian Laming
Richard Ian Laming Optoscribe Ltd.

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