Shaping ultrafast laser inscribed optical waveguides using a deformable mirror

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 12786-12793

  Thomson, R R ^a   Bockelt, A S ^a   Ramsay, E ^a   Beecher, S ^a   Greenaway, A H ^a   Kar, A K ^a   Reid, D T ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; DEFORMATION; FUSED SILICA; LASER BEAMS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; ULTRAFAST LASERS; WAVEGUIDES;

COUPLING LOSS; DEFORMABLE MIRRORS; PROPAGATION LOSS; RAPID PROCESSING; SODA-LIME SILICA GLASS; SPATIAL PROFILES; WAVEGUIDE CROSS SECTION;

LASER MIRRORS;

ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ILLUMINATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION;

ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS; LENSES; LIGHTING;

EID: 50049125093     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.012786     Document Type: Article

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