Low-loss waveguides fabricated in BK7 glass by high repetition rate femtosecond fiber laser

Applied Optics

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2098-2102

  Eaton, Shane M ^a   Ng, Mi Li ^a   Bonse, Jörn ^b   Mermillod Blondin, Alexandre ^b   Zhang, Haibin ^a   Rosenfeld, Arkadi ^b   Herman, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC LOSSES; FIBER LASERS; GLASS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; WAVEGUIDES;

FEMTOSECOND FIBER LASERS; FEMTOSECOND LASER WRITING; HIGH REPETITION RATE; LOW-LOSS OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; NEGATIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX; OPTICAL APPLICATIONS; REPETITION RATE LASERS; TRANSMISSION MICROSCOPY;

BOROSILICATE GLASS;

EID: 56549090578     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.002098     Document Type: Article

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