Femtosecond laser direct writing of gratings and waveguides in high quantum efficiency erbium-doped Baccarat glass

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 42, Issue 20, 2009, Pages

  Vishnubhatla, K C ^a,b,c,d   Rao, S Venugopal ^a   Kumar, R Sai Santosh ^a   Osellame, R ^d   Bhaktha, S N B ^b,c   Turrell, S ^e   Chiappini, A ^c   Chiasera, A ^c   Ferrari, M ^c   Mattarelli, M ^b   Montagna, M ^b   Ramponi, R ^d   Righini, G C ^f,g   Rao, D Narayana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c IFN CNR   (Italy)

^d POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^e UNIV LILLE   (France)

^f IFAC CNR   (Italy)

^g CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE WAVEGUIDES; BUTT COUPLING; ERBIUM DOPED; FEMTO-SECOND LASER; HIGH QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; INPUT PULSE ENERGY; LOW PROPAGATION LOSS; REFRACTIVE INDEX CHANGES; SIGNAL ENHANCEMENT; SPECTRAL REGION; SYSTEMATIC STUDY; TELECOM; WAVEGUIDE LOSS; WRITING SPEED;

ERBIUM; GLASS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; ULTRASHORT PULSES; WAVEGUIDES;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

EID: 70350646775     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/42/20/205106     Document Type: Article

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