Femtosecond laser writing of polarization devices for optical circuits in glass

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8247, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Fernandes, Luís A ^a,b   Grenier, Jason R ^a   Herman, Peter R ^a   Aitchison, J Stewart ^a   Marques, Paulo V S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Femtosecond laser; Integrated optics devices; Laser direct writing; Polarization beam splitters; Polarization selective devices; Wave retarders

Indexed keywords

FEMTOSECOND LASER WRITING; HALF-WAVE; HIGH BIREFRINGENCE; INTEGRATED OPTICS DEVICES; LASER DIRECT WRITING; LASER EXPOSURE; LASER POLARIZATION; NANO-GRATINGS; OPTICAL CIRCUITS; POLARIZATION BEAM SPLITTERS; POLARIZATION DEVICES; POLARIZATION-SELECTIVE DEVICES; QUANTUM CIRCUIT; QUARTER WAVES; STRONG FORM; TELECOM WAVELENGTHS; WAVEGUIDE LOSS;

BIREFRINGENCE; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; POLARIZATION; PRISMS; ULTRAFAST LASERS;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 84861926527     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.907517     Document Type: Conference Paper

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