Title :
Double-filament waveguides written in Nd:YAG ceramic with 2-ps UV laser pulses
Author :
McMillen, Ben ; Zhang, Botao ; Chen, Kevin ; Benayays, Antonio ; Jaque, Daniel
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Abstract :
We report on femtosecond laser writing of channel waveguides in Nd ion doped YAG ceramics by inscription of damage filaments using near-UV ultrafast laser source at two different pulse duration regimes.
Keywords :
ceramics; high-speed optical techniques; laser materials processing; neodymium; optical waveguides; yttrium compounds; YAG:Nd; channel waveguides; damaged filaments; double-filament waveguides; femtosecond laser writing; ion doped ceramics; laser pulse duration; near-UV ultrafast laser source; time 2 ps; Ceramics; Optical device fabrication; Optical waveguides; Ultrafast optics; Waveguide lasers; Writing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
