Micro-fabrication of advanced photonic devices by means of direct point-by-point femtosecond inscription in silica

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6107, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Mezentsev, Vladimir ^a   Dubov, Mykhaylo ^a   Martinez, Amos ^a   Lai, Yicheng ^a   Allsop, Thomas P ^a   Khrushchev, Igor ^a   Webb, David J ^a   Floreani, Filip ^a   Bennion, Ian ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Femtosecond inscription; Fiber sensors; Microfabrication

Indexed keywords

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; PHOTONS; SOLID STATE LASERS; TIME VARYING SYSTEMS; WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS;

FEMTOSECOND INSCRIPTION; FIBER SENSORS; LONG PERIOD GRATINGS (LPG); MICROFABRICATION; PHOTONIC DEVICES;

OPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 33645979341     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.647249     Document Type: Conference Paper

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