Micro-channels machined in microstructured optical fibers by femtosecond laser

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 8731-8736

  Van Brakel, Adriaan ^a   Grivas, Christos ^a   Petrovich, Marco N ^a   Richardson, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUIDIC DEVICES; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; MICROCHANNELS; MICROMACHINING; MICROSTRUCTURE; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

SINGLE CLADDING AIRHOLE; TRANSMISSION LOSS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 34547188659     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.008731     Document Type: Article

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