Waveguide writing in fused silica with a femtosecond fiber laser at 522 nm and 1 MHz repetition rate

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1999-2006

  Shah, Lawrence ^a   Arai, Alan Y ^a   Eaton, Shane M ^b   Herman, Peter R ^b  

^a IMRA AMERICA INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; FIBER LASERS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; OPTIMIZATION; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

FEMTOSECOND FIBER LASERS; HIGH PULSE ENERGY; LASER MATERIAL PROCESSINGS; NUMERICAL APERTURE;

FUSED SILICA;

EID: 17444406358     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.001999     Document Type: Article

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