Femtosecond-laser writing of tracks with depressed refractive index in crystals

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4941, Issue , 2002, Pages 51-57

  Streltsov, Alexander M ^a  

^a SP FR 05 1 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Crystal; Fabrication; Femtosecond; Laser; Waveguide

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER PULSES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; WAVEGUIDES;

WRITING WAVEGUIDES;

LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 0041728869     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.470166     Document Type: Conference Paper

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