New characterization technique for femtosecond laser written waveguides in Yb/Er-codoped glass

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 996-1002

  Valles, Juan A ^a   Ferrer, Andrés ^b   Sánchez Martín, José A ^a   De La Cruz, Alexandro Ruíz ^b   Rebolledo, Miguel Ángel ^a   Solis, Javier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE ÓPTICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Erbium; Integrated optics; Laser materials processing applications; Optical waveguides; Rayleigh scattering; Ytterbium

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION CROSS-SECTION; CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES; CO-DOPED GLASS; COUPLING LOSS; FEMTO-SECOND LASER; FEMTOSECONDS; FITTING PROCEDURE; FS-LASER; INTEGRATED OPTICS LASER; LASER MATERIALS-PROCESSING APPLICATIONS; MULTIMODE PROPAGATION; NONRADIATIVE ENERGY; NUMERICAL MODELS; OPTICAL POWER; OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; OUTPUT POWER; PRECISE MEASUREMENTS; PROCESSING APPLICATIONS; PUMP POWER; SIGNAL WAVELENGTH; SINGLE MODE; SPECTRAL DEPENDENCES; TRANSMISSION LOSS; UP-CONVERSION;

ERBIUM; GLASS; GLASS LASERS; INTEGRATED OPTICS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONICS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; PUMPS; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; SCATTERING; WAVEGUIDES; YTTERBIUM; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

PUMPING (LASER);

EID: 77950532895     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2010.2042569     Document Type: Article

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