Femtosecond laser written channel waveguides in tellurite glass

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 25, 2006, Pages 12145-12150

  Nandi, P ^a   Jose, G ^a   Jayakrishnan, C ^b   Debbarma, S ^b   Chalapathi, K ^b   Alti, K ^c   Dharmadhikari, A K ^c   Dharmadhikari, J A ^c   Mathur, D ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

^b SAMEER Centre for Electromagnetics India   (India)

^c TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); DOPING (ADDITIVES); ERBIUM; FLUORESCENCE; GLASS TRANSITION; PHONONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; WAVEGUIDES;

CHANNEL WAVEGUIDES; FEMTOSECOND LASERS; LASER ENERGIES; TELLURITE GLASS;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 33845401806     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.012145     Document Type: Article

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