Photonic band-gap fiber gas cell fabricated using femtosecond micromachining

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 6690-6695

  Hensley, Christopher J ^a   Broaddus, Daniel H ^a   Schaffer, Chris B ^a   Gaeta, Alexander L ^a  

^a School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER PULSES; MICROCHANNELS; MICROMACHINING; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTONIC BAND GAP;

FEMTOSECOND MICROMACHINING; FIBER GAS CELL; FUSION SPLICING; LASER DRILLING; MULTIPLE BACKING PRESSURES;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 34249740239     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.006690     Document Type: Article

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