Fabrication of photonic devices in nanostructured glasses by femtosecond laser pulses

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 12628-12635

  Martinez Vazquez R ^a   Osellame, R ^a   Cerullo, G ^a   Ramponi, R ^a   Svelto, O ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONIC DEVICES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

GLASS DOPED; MULTI-LAYER VOLUME DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; NANOSTRUCTURED GLASSES; POSITIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX CHANGES;

GLASS;

EID: 35148871184     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.012628     Document Type: Article

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