Brandon G. Bale

EPSRC Research Fellow

Photonics Research Group
Aston University, Aston Triangle
Birmingham B4 7ET United Kingdom
Office: N409
Phone: 0121-204-3484
Email: b.bale@aston.ac.uk

Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests

Currently I am interested in mode-locked fiber lasers, pulse propagation in active media, solitons, dissipative solitons in dispersion managed systems, Ginzburg-Landau-type equations, self-simiar pulse propagation and parabolic pulse generation in amplifiers. Mathematically, the analysis and computation I use falls within the context of contemporary dynamical systems, nonlinear wave propagation, perturbation theory, stability theory, nonlinear partial differential equations, and scientific computing.

Book Chapters

Low-dmensional models for characterizing mode-locked fiber lasers, Fiber Lasers: Research, Technology and Applications, M. Kimura Ed. 59-80 (NOVA, 2009) (Bale & Kutz).
The role of intracavity dynamics in mode-locked lasers, Current Themes in Engineering Science, A. Korsunsky Ed. 124-133 (American Institute of Physics, 2009) (Bale & Kutz).

Refereed Journal Publications

Effects of fourth-order dispersion on ultrashort parabolic optical pulses in the normal dispersion regime, Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 28, 2059-2065 (2011) (Bale, Boscolo, Hammani & Finot).
Strong spectral filtering for a mode-locked similariton fiber laser, Optics Letters, 35, 2466-2468 (2010) (Bale & Wabnitz).
All-fiber passively mode-locked femtosecond laser using a 45-degree tilted fiber grating polarization element, Optics Express, 18, 18906-18911 (2010) (Mou, Wang, Bale, Zhou, Zhang & Bennion).
Intracavity dynamics in high-power mode-locked fiber lasers, Physical Review A, 81, 033828 (2010) (Bale, Boscolo, Kutz & Turitsyn).
Bifurcation and stability in a low-dimensional model for multiple-frequency mode-locked lasers, Physical Review A, 81, 033851 (2010) (Farnum, Bale & Kutz).
Impact of third order fibre dispersion on the evolution of parabolic optical pulses, Journal of Optics, 12, 015202 (2010) (Bale & Boscolo).
Also featured in: European Physics News, 41(1), 11 (2010).
Transition dynamics for multi-pulsing in mode-locked lasers, Optics Express, 17, 23137-23146 (2009) (Bale, Kieu, Kutz & Wise).
Dissipative dispersion-managed solitons in mode-locked lasers, Optics Letters, 34, 3286-3288 (2009) (Bale, Boscolo & Turitsyn).
Localized waves in optical systems with periodic dispersion and nonlinearity management, Advances in Nonlinear Optics, 2009, 181467 (2009) (Bale, Boscolo, Schwartz & Turitsyn).
Analytic theory of parabolic pulses in dissipative systems with rapidly varying mean-zero dispersion, Physical Review E, 79, 046602 (2009) (Bale & Kutz).
Optimizing waveguide array mode-locking for high-power fiber lasers, IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, 44, 220-231 (2009) (Bale, Kutz, & Stanstede).
Spectral filtering for high-power mode-locking in normal dispersion fiber lasers, Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 25, 1762-1770 (2008) (Bale, Kutz, Chong, Renninger & Wise).
Also appeared in: Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science 7, 11 (2008).
Theory and simulation of multi-frequency mode-locking using wave-guide arrays, IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, 44, 976-983 (2008) (Bale, Kutz & Farnum).
Dynamics of multi-frequency mode-locking driven by homogeneous and inhomogeneous gain broadening effects, Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 25, 1479-1487 (2008) (Bale, Kutz & Farnum).
Variational method for mode-locked lasers, Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 25, 1193-1202 (2008) (Bale & Kutz).
Spectral filtering for mode-locking in the normal dispersive regime, Optics Letters 33, 941-943 (2008) (Bale, Kutz, Chong, Renninger & Wise).
Also appeared in: Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science 7, 7 (2008).
Analytic theory of self-similar mode-locking, Optics Letters 33, 911-913 (2008) (Bale, Kutz & Wise).
Also appeared in: Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science 7, 7 (2008).

Refereed Proceedings

Transition Dynamics in Optical Fiber Amplifiers Operating in the Normal Dispersion Regime, CLEO Europe 2011 Technical Digest CD7.6 WED (2011), Munich, DE. (Bale, Hammani, Boscolo & Finot).
Large-Bandwidth, High-Energy Pulses in Similariton Mode-Locked Fiber Lasers, European Conference on Optical Communications (CLEO Focus Meeting), Tu.5.E.5 (2010), Torino, Italy (Bale & Wabnitz).
All fibre femtosecond pulse generation using an intracavity 45-degree tilted fibre grating, Bragg Gratings, Photosensitivity and Poling in Glass Waveguides, BTuA4 (2010), Karlsruhe, DE. (Mou, Wang, Bale, Zhou, Zhang & Bennion).
Transition dynamics for multi-pulsing in mode-locked lasers, Nonlinear Photonics NWB8 (2010), Karlsruhe, DE. (Bale,Kieu, Kutz & Wise).
Intra-cavity dynamics in high power mode-locked fiber lasers, Nonlinear Photonics NTuA4 (2010), Karlsruhe, DE. (Bale, Boscolo, Kutz & Turitsyn).
Impact of third order dispersion on the evolution of parabolic pulses, SPIE Photonics Europe, Vol. 7728, 77280F (2010), Brussels, BE. (Bale & Boscolo).
Dissipative dispersion managed solitons, Euorpean Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC) 2009 Technical Digest P1.24 WED (2009),Vienna, AT. (Bale, Boscolo & Turitsyn).
Dissipative dispersion managed solitons in mode-locked lasers, CLEO Europe 2009 Technical Digest CJ.P.29 THU (2009), Munich, DE. (Bale, Boscolo & Turitsyn).
Optimizing waveguide array mode-Locking for high-power fiber lasers, CLEO Europe 2009 Technical Digest CJ.P.38 THU (2009), Munich, DE. (Bale, Kutz & Sandstede).
Spectral filtering highly-chirped pulses in all-normal dispersion fiber lasers, Nonlinear Optics 2009 Technical Digest NWD4 (2009), Honolulu, Hi. (Bale & Kutz).
Modeling parabolic pulse formation in mode-locked laser cavities, Proceedings of the World Congress on Engineering 2009 2, 1203-1208 (2009), London, U.K. (Bale & Kutz).
Spectral filtering highly-chirped pulses in all-normal dispersion fiber lasers, Proceedings of the World Congress on Engineering 2009 1, 367-370 (2009), London, U.K. (Bale & Kutz).
Application of waveguide arrays and spectral filtering for a multi-frequency picosecond mode-locked pulse source, SPIE Optics+Optoelectronics 7354, 73540Q (2009), Prague, CZ. (Farnum, Bale & Kutz).
Parabolic pulse propagation in mean-zero dispersion-managed transmission systems and mode- locked laser cavities, SPIE Optics+Optoelectronics 7354, 735416 (2009), Prague, CZ. (Bale & Kutz).
Analytic theory of self-similar mode-locking with rapidly varying, mean-zero dispersion, Proceedings of Photonics North 09, 7386, 73860M (2009), Quebec City, Canada (Bale & Kutz).
Spectral filtering highly chirped pulses in all-normal dispersion fiber lasers, Proceedings of Photonics North 09, 7386, 73860N (2009), Quebec City, Canada (Bale & Kutz).
Waveguide arrays and spectral filtering for multi-frequency mode-locked pulse sources, Proceedings of Photonics North 09, 7386, 73862E (2009), Quebec City, Canada (Bale, Farnum & Kutz).
Optimizing waveguide array mode-locking for high-power fiber lasers, Proceedings of Photonics North 09, 7386, 73862W (2009), Quebec City, Canada (Bale, Kutz, & Standstede).
Spectral filtering for ultra-fast mode-locking, Nonlinear Photonics, JWA16 (2007), Quebec City, Canada (Bale & Kutz).
Multi-frequency mode-locking, Nonlinear Photonics, JWA17 (2007), Quebec City, Canada (Bale, Farnum & Kutz).
Spectral filtering for high-power mode-locking, ICIAM Proceedings 7, 2130005-2130006 (2007), Zurich, CH. (Bale & Kutz).

Recent Presentations and Seminars

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, Munich, DE. (May 2011).
University of Nottingham, Nottingham, U.K. (March 2011).
University of Burgundy, Dijon, FR. (December 2010).
European Conference on Optical Communications, Torino, IT. (September 2010).
Laser Optics, St. Petersburg, RU. (July 2010).
Nonlinear Photonics, Karlsruhe, DE. (June 2010).
SPIE Photonics Europe, Brussels, BE. (April 2010).
University of Bath, Bath, U.K. (March 2010).
University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy (February 2010).
University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia (December 2009).
Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia (December 2009).
ACOFT/Workshop on dissipative solitons, Adelaide, Australia (December 2009).
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO. USA (November 2009).
World Congress of Engineering, London, U.K. (July 2009).
University of Karlsrhue, Karlsrhue, Germany (June 2009).
Nonlinear Evolution Equations and Dynamical Systems, Isola Rosa, Sardinia, Italy (May 2009).
IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (September 2008).
SIAM conference on nonlinear waves, Rome, Italy (July 2008).
AMS East, NYU, New York City, (March 2008).
Aston University, Birmingham, U.K. (March, 2008).
Dynamics Days Europe, Loughborough, U.K. (July 2007).
6th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Zurich, CH. (July 2007).