DocumentCode
3009628
Title
Femtosecond Laser Written Waveguide Arrays with Tailored Supermodes
Author
Nguyen, Michael N. ; Church, Kenneth H.
Author_Institution
Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater
fYear
2007
fDate
6-11 May 2007
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
Evanescently coupled waveguide arrays are written in fused silica using femtosecond laser pulses. Array supermodes are tailored by adjusting the writing conditions of a common central core and agree with scattering matrix method simulations.
Keywords
high-speed optical techniques; laser materials processing; nonlinear optics; optical arrays; optical couplers; optical waveguides; silicon compounds; SiO2; evanescently coupled waveguide arrays; femtosecond laser written waveguide arrays; fused silica; nonlinear materials processing; scattering matrix method simulations; tailored supermodes; writing conditions; Optical arrays; Optical coupling; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Pulse amplifiers; Refractive index; Silicon compounds; Ultrafast optics; Waveguide lasers; Writing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-834-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452865
Filename
4452865
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