• 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