Richard Alexander McCracken

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Richard Alexander McCracken

Dr

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9294-1910

  • EH14 4AS

    United Kingdom

20122024

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Research interests

My research exploits nonlinear optics to produce light that spans the visible to mid-infrared.  My research interests include:

  • Tunable pulsed lasers for multi-photon microscopy
  • Mid-infrared single-photon generation
  • Frequency combs for astronomical spectrograph calibration

I work closely with industry, including companies such as Chromacity, Laser Quantum, Radiantis and M-Squared Lasers, and I am part of the UK consortium to supply a wavelength ruler for the upcoming Extremely Large Telescope in Chile. I have collaborated with groups in Milan, Stanford, Tokyo and South Africa, and hope to work with researchers from all walks of life.

For more details please see my research group pages: https://mccrackenlab.squarespace.com

Biography

Richard McCracken received a BSc in Physics from the University of St. Andrews (2007) before studying for an MSc in Photonics and Optoelectronic Devices (2009).  From 2010-2017 he was a member of the Ultrafast Optics Group at Heriot-Watt, working with Prof. Derryck Reid as a PhD student and then a post-doctoral researcher.  He joined IPaQS as a Research Fellow in November 2017, where is now an Associate Professor and Global Head of Discipline for Physics.

Roles & Responsibilities

Global Head of Discipline for Physics

Lecturer

  • B28AP, Astrophysics (Y2)

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  • ANDES, the high resolution spectrograph for the ELT: science goals, project overview and future developments

    Marconi, A., Abreu, M., Adibekyan, V., Alberti, V., Albrecht, S., Alcaniz, J., Aliverti, M., Prieto, C. A., Alvarado Gómez, J. D., Alves, C. S., Amado, P. J., Amate, M., Andersen, M. I., Antoniucci, S., Artigau, E., Bailet, C., Baker, C., Baldini, V., Balestra, A. & Barnes, S. A. & 269 others, Baron, F., Barros, S. C. C., Bauer, S. M., Beaulieu, M., Bellido-Tirado, O., Benneke, B., Bensby, T., Bergin, E. A., Berio, P., Biazzo, K., Bigot, L., Bik, A., Birkby, J. L., Blind, N., Boebion, O., Boisse, I., Bolmont, E., Bolton, J. S., Bonaglia, M., Bonfils, X., Bonhomme, L., Borsa, F., Bouret, J. C., Brandeker, A., Brandner, W., Broeg, C. H., Brogi, M., Brousseau, D., Brucalassi, A., Brynnel, J., Buchhave, L. A., Buscher, D. F., Cabona, L., Cabral, A., Calderone, G., Calvo-Ortega, R., Cantalloube, F., Canto Martins, B. L., Carbonaro, L., Caujolle, Y., Chauvin, G., Chazelas, B., Cheffot, A. L., Cheng, Y. S., Chiavassa, A., Christensen, L., Cirami, R., Cirasuolo, M., Cook, N. J., Cooke, R. J., Coretti, I., Covino, S., Cowan, N., Cresci, G., Cristiani, S., Parro, V. C., Cupani, G., D'Odorico, V., Dadi, K., de Castro Leão, I., De Cia, A., De Medeiros, J. R., Debras, F., Debus, M., Delorme, A., Demangeon, O., Derie, F., Dessauges-Zavadsky, M., Di Marcantonio, P., Di Stefano, S., Dionies, F., de Souza, A. D., Doyon, R., Dunn, J., Egner, S., Ehrenreich, D., Faria, J. P., Ferruzzi, D., Feruglio, C., Fisher, M., Fontana, A., Frank, B. S., Fuesslein, C., Fumagalli, M., Fusco, T., Fynbo, J., Gabella, O., Gaessler, W., Gallo, E., Gao, X., Genolet, L., Genoni, M., Giacobbe, P., Giro, E., Gonçalves, R. S., Gonzalez, O. A., González Hernández, J. I., Gouvret, C., Témich, F. G., Haehnelt, M. G., Haniff, C., Hatzes, A., Helled, R., Hoeijmakers, H. J., Hughes, I., Huke, P., Ivanisenko, Y., Järvinen, A. S., Järvinen, S. P., Kaminski, A., Kern, J., Knoche, J., Kordt, A., Korhonen, H., Korn, A. J., Kouach, D., Kowzan, G., Kreidberg, L., Landoni, M., Lanotte, A. A., Lavail, A., Lavie, B., Lee, D., Lehmitz, M., Li, J., Li, W., Liske, J., Lovis, C., Lucatello, S., Lunney, D., MacIntosh, M. J., Madhusudhan, N., Magrini, L., Maiolino, R., Maldonado, J., Malo, L., Man, A. W. S., Marquart, T., Marques, C. M. J., Marques, E. L., Martinez, P., Martins, A., Martins, C. J. A. P., Martins, J. H. C., Maslowski, P., Mason, C. A., Mason, E., McCracken, R. A., Melo e Sousa, M. A. F., Mergo, P., Micela, G., Milaković, D., Mollière, P., Monteiro, M. A., Montgomery, D., Mordasini, C., Morin, J., Mucciarelli, A., Murphy, M. T., N'Diaye, M., Nardetto, N., Neichel, B., Neri, N., Niedzielski, A. T., Niemczura, E., Nisini, B., Nortmann, L., Noterdaeme, P., Nunes, N. J., Oggioni, L., Olchewsky, F., Oliva, E., Önel, H., Origlia, L., Östlin, G., Ouellette, N. N. Q., Palle, E., Papaderos, P., Pariani, G., Pasquini, L., Castro, J. P., Pepe, F., Peroux, C., Levasseur, L. P., Perruchot, S., Petit, P., Pfuhl, O., Pino, L., Piqueras, J., Piskunov, N., Pollo, A., Poppenhaeger, K., Porru, M., Puschnig, J., Quirrenbach, A., Rauscher, E., Rebolo, R., Redaelli, E. M. A., Reffert, S., Reid, D. T., Reiners, A., Richter, P., Riva, M., Rivoire, S., Rodríguez-López, C., Roederer, I. U., Romano, D., Roth, M., Rousseau, S., Rowe, J., Saccardi, A., Salvadori, S., Sanna, N., Santos, N. C., Diaz, P. S., Sanz-Forcada, J., Sarajlic, M., Sauvage, J. F., Savio, D., Scaudo, A., Schäfer, S., Schiavon, R. P., Schmidt, T. M., Selmi, C., Simoes, R., Simonnin, A., Sivanandam, S., Sordet, M., Sordo, R., Sortino, F., Sosnowska, D., Sousa, S. G., Spang, A., Spiga, R., Stempels, E., Stevenson, J. R. Y., Strassmeier, K. G., Mascareño, A. S., Sulich, A., Sun, X., Tanvir, N. R., Tenegi-Sanginés, F., Thibault, S., Thompson, S. J., Tisserand, P., Tozzi, A., Turbet, M., Véran, J. P., Vallée, P., Vanni, I., Varas, R., Vega-Moreno, A., Venn, K. A., Verma, A., Vernet, J., Viel, M., Wade, G., Waring, C., Weber, M., Weder, J., Wehbe, B., Weingrill, J., Woche, M., Xompero, M., Zackrisson, E., Zanutta, A., Osorio, M. R. Z., Zechmeister, M. & Zimara, J., 18 Jul 2024, Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy X. Bryant, J. J., Motohara, K. & Vernet, J. R. (eds.). SPIE, 1309613. (Proceedings of SPIE; vol. 13096).

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  • ANDES, the high resolution spectrograph for the ELT: Calibration Unit(s)

    Huke, P., Bonhomme, L., Broeg, C., Boisse, I., Dadi, K., Debus, M., Di Marcantonio, P., Gabella, O., Gässler, W., Giro, E., Knoche, J., Kouach, D., Lehmitz, M., LeMen, C., Liske, J., Malve, M., Maslowski, P., McCracken, R., Mordasini, C. & Olchewski, F. & 7 others, Reid, D., Reiners, A., Schäfer, S., Sarajlic, M., Shan, C. Y., Zanutta, A. & Zimara, J., 26 Aug 2024, Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation VI. Navarro, R. & Jedamzik, R. (eds.). SPIE, 131000R. (Proceedings of SPIE; vol. 13100).

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  • ANDES, the high-resolution spectrograph for the ELT: a 30 GHz UB-band astrocomb from 390-470 nm

    Cheng, Y. S., Dadi, K., Mitchell, T., Thompson, S., Piskunov, N., Wright, L. D., Gawith, C. B. E., McCracken, R. A. & Reid, D. T., 26 Aug 2024, Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation VI. Navarro, R. & Jedamzik, R. (eds.). SPIE, 131003C. (Proceedings of SPIE; vol. 13100).

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  • Compact low-repetition-rate femtosecond optical parametric oscillators enabled by Herriott cells

    Allan, E., Bajek, D. & McCracken, R. A., 1 Jul 2024, In: Optics Express. 32, 14, p. 24679-24687 9 p.

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  • Continuous Ultraviolet to Blue-Green Astrocomb

    Cheng, Y. S., Dadi, K., Mitchell, T., Thompson, S., Piskunov, N., Wright, L. D., Gawith, C. B. E., McCracken, R. A. & Reid, D. T., 17 Feb 2024, In: Nature Communications. 15, 1466.

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