Thermal heating effects in writing optical waveguides with 0.1 - 5 MHz repetition rate

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5713, Issue , 2005, Pages 35-42

  Eaton, S ^a   Yoshino, F ^b   Shah, L ^b   Arai, A ^b   Zhang, H ^a   Ho, S ^a   Herman, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b IMRA AMERICA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Borosilicate glass; Femtosecond laser; Fiber laser; Fused silica; Optical waveguide

Indexed keywords

FEMTOSECOND LASERS; HEAT ACCUMULATION; SYMMETRIC WAVEGUIDES; THERMAL HEATING;

ABSORPTION; BIREFRINGENCE; BOROSILICATE GLASS; FIBER LASERS; FUSED SILICA; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HEATING; LASER BEAMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; THERMAL DIFFUSION;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 23744453937     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.591058     Document Type: Conference Paper

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