Polarization sensitive elements fabricated by femtosecond laser nanostructuring of glass [Invited]

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 783-795

  Beresna, Martynas ^a   Gecevičius, Mindaugas ^a   Kazansky, Peter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATERIAL PROCESSING; OPTICAL TRAPPING AND MANIPULATION; POLARIZATION SENSITIVE; RECENT PROGRESS;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 84859337898     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.1.000783     Document Type: Article

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