Dependence of the femtosecond laser refractive index change thresholds on the chemical composition of doped-silica glasses

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 711-723

  Lancry, M ^a   Poumellec, B ^a   Chahid Erraji, A ^a   Beresna, M ^b   Kazansky, P G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; GE-DOPED SILICA; LINEAR BIREFRINGENCE; REFRACTIVE INDEX CHANGES; VOLUME INTERACTIONS;

BIREFRINGENCE; FLUORINE; GERMANIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SILICA;

DOPING (ADDITIVES);

EID: 84855395818     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.1.000711     Document Type: Article

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