• DocumentCode
    2635822
  • Title

    Femtosecond laser writing of symmetric, low loss waveguides in active glasses

  • Author

    Ams, M. ; Marshall, G.D. ; Piper, J.A. ; Withford, M.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Centre for Ultrahigh-bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst., Macquarie Univ., North Ryde, NSW
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-22 Oct. 2005
  • Firstpage
    693
  • Lastpage
    694
  • Abstract
    Beam shaping techniques are used to write symmetric, low transmission loss waveguides in bulk media using fs-lasers. The characteristics of waveguides written in active glasses and the implications for miniature waveguide lasers will be presented
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; laser materials processing; optical glass; optical waveguides; waveguide lasers; active glasses; beam shaping; femtosecond laser writing; waveguide lasers; waveguides; Glass; Laser beams; Optical filters; Optical pulses; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Ultrafast optics; Waveguide lasers; Writing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2005. LEOS 2005. The 18th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Sydney, NSW
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-9217-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2005.1548187
  • Filename
    1548187