Dr. Scott B. Foster Profile

Dr. Scott B. Foster

Senior Research Scientist at Defence Science and Technology Group

SPIE Involvement:

Conference Program Committee | Author

Proceedings Article | 1 April 2020 Presentation + Paper

Batch imprinting of DFB fiber lasers for underwater sensing using excimer KrF laser

Alexei Tikhomirov, Alexander Kolodin, Joanne Harrison, Scott Foster

Proceedings Volume 11367, 113671C (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2554938

KEYWORDS: Fiber lasers, Excimer lasers, Refractive index, Photomasks, Excimers, Apodization, Field programmable gate arrays, Control systems, Phase shifts, Signal processing

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Proceedings Article | 30 December 2019 Paper

Microdiamond-doped lead-silicate glass optical fibre for remote magnetometry

Dongbi Bai, Hoa Huynh, David Simpson, Shahraam Vahid, Philipp Reineck, Andrew Greentree, Scott Foster, Heike Ebendorff-Heidepriem, Brant Gibson

Proceedings Volume 11200, 112000N (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2539124

KEYWORDS: Glasses, Magnetic sensors, Diamond, Optical fibers, Luminescence, Interfaces, Remote sensing

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Proceedings Article | 28 August 2019 Paper

How sensitive is distributed acoustic sensing?

Scott Foster

Proceedings Volume 11199, 111992E (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2541193

KEYWORDS: Acoustics, Sensors, Fiber optics, Backscatter, Optical fibers, Thermodynamics, Fiber optics sensors, Scattering, Phase measurement, Interferometry

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Proceedings Article | 28 September 2015 Paper

Demonstration of an advanced fibre laser hydrophone array in Gulf St Vincent

Scott Foster, Alexei Tikhomirov, Joanne Harrison, John van Velzen

Proceedings Volume 9634, 96342F (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2206163

KEYWORDS: Acoustics, Fiber lasers, Sensors, Optical fibers, Thermodynamics, Interferometers, Laser systems engineering, Demodulation, Laser development, Electronics

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Proceedings Article | 2 June 2014 Paper

Field demonstration of an eight-element fiber laser hydrophone array

Scott Foster, Alexei Tikhomirov, Joanne Harrison, John van Velzen

Proceedings Volume 9157, 91570H (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2058064

KEYWORDS: Acoustics, Fiber lasers, Sensors, Sensing systems, Fiber optics, Wavelength division multiplexing, Optical fibers, Demodulation, Interferometers, Laser development

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Proceedings Article | 31 January 2012 Paper

External feedback DFB fibre laser sensors in the weak reflection regime

Scott Foster

Proceedings Volume 8351, 83512Z (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.916036

KEYWORDS: Fiber lasers, Sensors, Fiber Bragg gratings, Reflectors, Optical fibers, Interference (communication), Modulation, Semiconductor lasers, Environmental sensing, Laser resonators

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Proceedings Article | 5 October 2009 Paper

Field demonstration of a DFB fibre laser hydrophone seabed array in Jervis Bay, Australia

Steven Goodman, Scott Foster, John Van Velzen, Heyshan Mendis

Proceedings Volume 7503, 75034L (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.834932

KEYWORDS: Fiber lasers, Acoustics, Sensors, Silicon, Fiber optics, Signal processing, Demodulation, Defense and security, Optical arrays, Interferometry

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Proceedings Article | 5 October 2009 Paper

A fibre laser acoustic vector sensor

Philip Jackson, Scott Foster, Steven Goodman

Proceedings Volume 7503, 750329 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.835046

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Acoustics, Fiber lasers, Fiber optics, Interferometry, Velocity measurements, Laser applications, Fiber Bragg gratings, Wavelength division multiplexing, Optical fibers

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Proceedings Article | 5 October 2009 Paper

Fiber laser strain sensors: enabling a new generation of miniaturized high performance sensors

Geoffrey Cranch, Scott Foster, Clay Kirkendall

Proceedings Volume 7503, 750352 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.834331

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Fiber lasers, Interferometry, Interferometers, Fiber optics sensors, Multiplexing, Optical fibers, Erbium, Sensor performance, Polarization

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Proceedings Article | 16 May 2008 Paper

Fast four step digital demodulation for multiplexed fibre laser sensors

M. Milnes, A. Tikhomirov, S. Foster, S. Goodman

Proceedings Volume 7004, 700422 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.785909

KEYWORDS: Demodulation, Interferometers, Digital signal processing, Multiplexing, Sensors, Modulators, Signal processing, Clocks, Electrooptic modulators, Michelson interferometers

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Proceedings Article | 16 May 2008 Paper

How sensitive is the fibre laser strain sensor?

Scott Foster, Geoffrey Cranch, Alexei Tikhomirov

Proceedings Volume 7004, 70043J (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.785936

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Fiber lasers, Erbium, Interferometry, Acoustics, Thermodynamics, Temperature metrology, Modes of laser operation, Silica, Ions

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Proceedings Article | 16 May 2008 Paper

Pressure compensated distributed feedback fibre laser hydrophone

Steven Goodman, Alexei Tikhomirov, Scott Foster

Proceedings Volume 7004, 700426 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.785937

KEYWORDS: Fiber lasers, Acoustics, Bladder, Optical filters, Sensors, Resonators, Resistance, Solids, Fiber optics, Optical arrays

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Proceedings Article | 23 May 2005 Paper

A fiber laser hydrophone

Scott Foster, Alexei Tikhomirov, Mark Milnes, John van Velzen, Graham Hardy

Proceedings Volume 5855, (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.623273

KEYWORDS: Fiber lasers, Sensors, Acoustics, Fiber optics, Fiber Bragg gratings, Actuators, Optical arrays, Interferometry, Environmental sensing, Optical fibers

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Conference Committee Involvement (1)

29th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors

25 May 2025 | Porto, Portugal

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