Nonlinear refractive index of fs-laser-written waveguides in fused silica

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2151-2157

  Blömer, Dominik ^a   Szameit, Alexander ^a   Dreisow, Felix ^a   Schreiber, Thomas ^a   Nolte, Stefan ^a   Tünnermann, Andreas ^a,b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED OPTICS AND PRECISION ENGINEERING   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUSED SILICA; LASERS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

FS-LASER-WRITTEN WAVEGUIDES; NONLINEAR REFRACTIVE INDEX;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 33645074154     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.002151     Document Type: Article

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