Fabrication of coupled mode photonic devices in glass by nonlinear femtosecond laser materials processing

Optics Express

Volumn 10, Issue 15, 2002, Pages 645-652

  Minoshima, Kaoru ^a   Kowalevicz, Andrew M ^a   Ippen, Erich P ^a   Fujimoto, James G ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; FABRICATION; INTERFEROMETERS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONS;

PHOTONIC DEVICES; PHOTONIC WAVEGUIDES; ULTRAFAST TECHNOLOGY;

OPTICAL GLASS;

EID: 0037655405     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.10.000645     Document Type: Article

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