Telecom-band directional coupler written with femtosecond fiber laser

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 2174-2176

  Eaton, Shane M ^a   Chen, W ^a   Zhang, L ^a   Zhang, H ^a   Iyer, R ^a   Aitchison, J S ^a   Herman, P R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Buried optical waveguides; Directional couplers; Femtosecond laser writing; Optical device fabrication; Ultrafast laser processing

Indexed keywords

INSERTION LOSSES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS; FEMTOSECOND FIBER LASER; MAXIMUM COUPLING RATIO;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 33750107196     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.884241     Document Type: Article

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