Femtosecond laser inscription of optical waveguides in Bismuth ion doped glass

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 10452-10459

  Psaila, N D ^a   Thomson, R R ^a   Bookey, H T ^a   Kar, A K ^a   Chiodo, N ^b   Osellame, R ^b   Cerullo, G ^b   Brown, B ^c   Jha, A ^d   Shen, S ^d  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c Gemfire Europe   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; BISMUTH; DOPING (ADDITIVES); EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; LASERS; OPTICAL FIBERS;

EMBEDDED CHANNEL WAVEGUIDES; FEMTOSECOND WAVEGUIDES; TELECOM FIBERS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 33750743397     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.010452     Document Type: Article

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