First Day At Tyndall

After my two classes in the morning, I walked down to Tyndall at 11:30 to meet Sile. Roy was already there - we both waited in the lobby until one of the guys in the Photonics group took pity on us and brought us upstairs. Sile showed us our desks and computers - the desk to be shared between Roy and me (but the desks are huge so it doesn't make a difference!). The was a pile of reference material on each side of our desk relevant to our projects. I have nine papers to read through for the next few weeks.

• Feron, P., Whispering Gallery Modes and Applications as Laser Sources - a short review.


• Feron, P., Whispering Gallery Mode Lasers in Erbium doped fluoride glasses.


• Ward, J. M., O'Shea, D. G., Shortt, B. J., et al, Heat-and-pull ring for taper fabrication.


• Ward, J. M., Feron, P., Nic Chormaic, S., A Taper-Fused Microspherical Laser Source.


• Shortt, B., Carey, R., Nic Chormaic, S., Characterisation or Er:ZBNA microspherical lasers.


• Shortt, B., Ward, J., O'Shea, D., Nic Chormaic, S., Spectral characterisation of erbium doped microspherical lasers.


• O'Shea, D. G., Ward, J., Shortt, B., Nic Chormaic, S., An All-Fibre Coupled Multicolor Microspherical Light Source.


• O'Shea, D. G., Shortt, B., Nic Chormaic, S., Optical bistability in Er-Yb codoped phosphate glass microspheres at room temperature.


• O'Shea, D. G., Ward, J. M., Shortt, B., et al, Upconversion channels in Er3+:ZBLALiP fluoride glass microspheres.

Wow! I'd like to get them all read before next week, but I have a feeling that the lab report deadline will take priority. I've already read two of them and need to look up some terminology that I'm not familiar with.

Both Roy and me have to wait to get our key card passes. Without them, we have no access to the building. My lab is on the ground floor - it's a Class 4 laser lab which means there are alot safety rules to abide by. These are mostly to do with me not entering the room when the Class 4 laser is switched on.