Observation of self-channeling and modification in optical fibers using a high-intensity femtosecond laser

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3343, Issue , 1998, Pages 515-522

  Cho, Sung Hak ^a   Kumagai, Hiroshi ^b   Yokota, Isao ^a   Midorikawa, Katsumi ^b   Obara, Minoru ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Channeling; Femtosecond laser; Modification; Optical fibers; Self focusing

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CORUNDUM; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; LASER ABLATION; LASERS; MICROMETERS; MULTIMODE FIBERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PLASMAS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

ANTI-STOKES; BULK MODIFICATIONS; CHANNELING; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATIONS; FEMTOSECOND; FEMTOSECOND LASER; LASER-INDUCED; MODIFICATION; MULTIMODE OPTICAL FIBERS; PLASMA FORMATIONS; SELF-FOCUSING; SOLID-DENSITY PLASMAS; TI: SAPPHIRE LASERS;

LASER EXCITATION;

EID: 0346493166     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.321532     Document Type: Conference Paper

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