Er: Yb-Doped Oxyfluoride Silicate Glass Waveguide Laser Fabricated Using Ultrafast Laser Inscription

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 126-128

  Psaila, N D ^a   Shen, A ^b   Kar, A K ^a   Bookey, H T ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laser materials processing applications; optical waveguides; ultrafast optics

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008063150     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: 19410174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2007.912538     Document Type: Article

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