Fluorescence and raman microscopy of waveguides fabricated using kHz and MHz repetition rate femtosecond lasers

Author

Reichman, Wilbur J. ; Krol, Denise M. ; Shah, Lawrence ; Yoshino, Fumiyo ; Arai, Alan ; Eaton, Shane M. ; Herman, Peter R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Appl. Sci., Univ. of California, Davis, CA

fYear

2006

fDate

21-26 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Waveguides were fabricated in fused silica using kHz and MHz repetition rate femtosecond lasers. Raman and fluorescence microscopy showed increases in 3-membered rings for both cases and fewer NBOHC-defects when writing with the MHz laser.

Keywords

Raman spectra; fluorescence; high-speed optical techniques; laser materials processing; optical fabrication; optical microscopy; optical waveguides; silicon compounds; MHz repetition rate laser; NBOHC-defects; Raman microscopy; SiO₂; femtosecond lasers; fluorescence microscopy; fused silica; kHz repetition rate laser; optical fabrication; optical waveguides; Fiber lasers; Fluorescence; Laser theory; Microscopy; Optical waveguides; Ring lasers; Silicon compounds; Spectroscopy; Ultrafast optics; Waveguide lasers; (230.7370) Waveguides; (320.2250) Femtosecond phenomena; (350.3390) Laser materials processing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627715

Filename

4627715