DocumentCode
2250230
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
fYear
2011
fDate
1-6 May 2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-1223-4
Type
conf
Filename
5951026
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