• DocumentCode
    2244419
  • Title

    Femtosecond laser direct fabrication of integrated optical wave plates in fused silica

  • Author

    Fernandes, Luís A. ; Grenier, Jason R. ; Kim, Jin Hee ; Herman, Peter R. ; Aitchison, J.Stewart ; Marques, Paulo V S

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Femtosecond laser fabrication of optical waveguides in bulk silica glass is extended to integrated optical waveplates. Polarization retardation was controlled by laser exposure, providing for trimming of waveguide birefringence between 10-5 and 10-4.
  • Keywords
    birefringence; high-speed optical techniques; integrated optics; laser materials processing; light polarisation; optical fabrication; optical glass; optical retarders; optical waveguides; SiO2; femtosecond laser direct fabrication; fused silica glass; integrated optical wave plates; optical waveguides; polarization retardation; waveguide birefringence; Integrated optics; Optical device fabrication; Optical polarization; 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
    5950784
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2244419