Femtosecond laser micromachining in transparent materials

Nature Photonics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 219-225

  Gattass, Rafael R ^a   Mazur, Eric ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EMERGING APPLICATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL PARAMETERS; FEMTOSECOND LASER MICROMACHINING; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; TRANSPARENT MATERIAL; TRANSPARENT SUBSTANCES; WAVEGUIDE FABRICATION;

PHOTONICS;

EID: 41549088314     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2008.47     Document Type: Article

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