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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2005.1548187
