Femtosecond laser writing of waveguide structures in sodium calcium silicate glasses

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5714, Issue , 2005, Pages 238-244

  Reichman, W ^a,b   Click, C A ^c   Krol, D M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SCHOTT North America Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Femtosecond Laser Modification; Fused Silica; Soda Lime Silicate

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FUSED SILICA; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

FEMTOSECOND LASER MODIFICATION; FEMTOSECOND LASER WRITING; PHOSPHATE GLASS; SODA LIME SILICATE;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 21844461304     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.592488     Document Type: Conference Paper

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