Direct laser writing of thermally stabilized channel waveguides with Bragg gratings

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 4589-4595

  Nishiyama, Hiroaki ^a   Miyamoto, Isamu ^a   Matsumoto, Shin Ichi ^b   Saito, Mitsunori ^b   Kintaka, Kenji ^c   Nishii, Junji ^c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RYUKOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; EXCIMER LASERS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; HEAT TREATMENT; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

DIFFRACTION EFFICIENCIES; GLASS MATERIALS; OPTICAL FABRICATION; PHOTO-INDUCED GRATING;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 6344240986     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.004589     Document Type: Article

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