DocumentCode
2987824
Title
Writing optical waveguides with a 0.1-5 MHz repetition rate femtosecond fiber laser
Author
Eaton, Shane M. ; Zhang, Haibin ; Herman, Peter R. ; Yoshino, Fumiyo ; Shah, Lawrence ; Arai, Alan Y.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Toronto Univ., Ont., Canada
Volume
3
fYear
2005
fDate
22-27 May 2005
Firstpage
2174
Abstract
A novel femtosecond Yb-fiber laser with variable repetition rate of 0.1 to 5 MHz is shown to control the onset of heat accumulation effects instrumental in forming symmetric and low-loss optical waveguides in borosilicate glasses.
Keywords
boron compounds; fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; laser materials processing; optical fabrication; optical glass; optical waveguides; ytterbium; 0.1 to 5 MHz; borosilicate glasses; femtosecond Yb-fiber laser; heat accumulation effects; optical waveguides; Fiber lasers; Glass; Instruments; Optical control; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Temperature control; Ultrafast optics; Waveguide lasers; Writing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN
1-55752-795-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202407
Filename
1573473
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