Relief gratings on Er/Yb-doped borosilicate glasses and waveguides by excimer laser ablation

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 200-210

  Pissadakis, S ^a   Reekie, L ^a   Hempstead, M ^a   Zervas, M N ^a   Wilkinson, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOROSILICATE GLASS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ERBIUM; EXCIMER LASERS; INTERFEROMETERS; ION EXCHANGE; LASER ABLATION; MICROMACHINING; OPTICAL GLASS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; YTTERBIUM;

MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 0033906507     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4332(99)00365-7     Document Type: Article

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