Femtosecond writing of active optical waveguides with astigmatically shaped beams

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1559-1567

  Osellame, Roberto ^a   Taccheo, Stefano ^a   Marangoni, Marco ^a   Ramponi, Roberta ^a   Laporta, Paolo ^a   Polli, Dario ^b   De Silvestri, Sandro ^b   Cerullo, Giulio ^b  

^a IFN CNR   (Italy)

^b Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia Milan   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ERBIUM; GLASS; LASER PULSES; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SUBSTRATES;

SAGITTAL PLANES;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0042309804     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.001559     Document Type: Review

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