F2-laser microfabrication of buried waveguide structures in transparent glasses

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4637, Issue , 2002, Pages 251-257

  Wei, X Midori ^a   Chen, Kevin P ^a   Coric, Dragan ^a   Herman, Peter R ^a   Li, Jianzhao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Buried waveguides; Direct writing; F2 laser; Fused silica; Photosensitivity

Indexed keywords

FABRICATION; FUSED SILICA; GLASS; LASER BEAMS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TRANSPARENCY;

ULTRAVIOLET LASERS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0036407193     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.470629     Document Type: Conference Paper

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