Optical properties of waveguides written by a 26 MHz stretched cavity Ti:sapphire femtosecond oscillator

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 612-620

  Osellame, R ^a   Chiodo, N ^a   Maselli, V ^a   Yin, A ^a   Zavelani Rossi, M ^a   Cerullo, G ^a   Laporta, P ^a   Aiello, L ^b   De Nicola, S ^b   Ferraro, P ^b   Finizio, A ^b   Pierattini, G ^b  

^a IFN CNR   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OTTICA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FABRICATION; LASER PULSES; OPTICAL DEVICES; PROFILOMETRY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SAPPHIRE; THERMAL DIFFUSION; TITANIUM;

DIGITAL HOLOGRAPHY MICROSCOPY (DHM); INTEGRATED OPTICS DEVICES; LASER MATERIALS PROCESSING; ULTRAFAST LASERS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 13544271077     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.000612     Document Type: Article

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