Ultrafast laser inscription: An enabling technology for astrophotonics

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1963-1969

  Thomson, Robert R ^a   Kar, Ajoy K ^a   Allington Smith, Jeremy ^b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; INFRARED DEVICES; MULTIMODE FIBERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; TELESCOPES; ULTRAFAST LASERS;

ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES; EXTREMELY LARGE TELESCOPES; MINIATURISATION; MULTIMODE OPTICAL FIBRES; NEAR INFRARED; THOMSON;

PHOTONIC DEVICES;

EID: 59749104239     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.001963     Document Type: Article

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