Ultrafast laser writing of homogeneous longitudinal waveguides in glasses using dynamic wavefront correction

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 5481-5492

  Mauclair, C ^a   Mermillod Blondin, A ^a   Huot, N ^a   Audouard, E ^a   Stoian, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS; LASER RADIATION; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA; WAVEFRONTS;

DYNAMIC WAVEFRONT CORRECTION; ULTRAFAST LASER WRITING;

WAVEGUIDES;

GLASS;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GLASS; LASERS; LENSES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 42149111667     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.005481     Document Type: Article

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