Femtosecond laser irradiation of polymethylmethacrylate for refractive index gratings

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Scully, P J ^a   Jones, D ^b   Jaroszynski, D A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Femtosecond laser; Polymer optical fibre; Polymethylmethacrylate; Refractive index

Indexed keywords

LASER BEAMS; OPTIMIZATION; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

FEMTOSECOND LASERS;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 0041805428     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/5/4/361     Document Type: Conference Paper

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