Independent control of beam astigmatism and ellipticity using a SLM for fs-laser waveguide writing

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 20853-20859

  De La Ruiz Cruz, A ^a   Ferrer, A ^a   Gawelda, W ^a   Puerto, D ^a   Galvan Sosa M ^a   Siegel, J ^a   Solis, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ÓPTICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS; Q SWITCHED LASERS; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; WAVEGUIDES;

BEAM ELLIPTICITY; GUIDING STRUCTURES; INDEPENDENT CONTROL; IRRADIANCE DISTRIBUTION; LOW REPETITION RATE; MATERIAL TRANSFORMATION; PROPAGATION DISTANCES; SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATORS;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

GLASS; PHOSPHATE;

AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; OPTICS; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AMPLIFIERS, ELECTRONIC; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GLASS; LASERS; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PHOSPHATES; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 70749094346     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.020853     Document Type: Article

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