Title :
Femtosecond laser induced fabrication of a 1×2 splitter waveguide in BK7 glass
Author :
Bhatnagar, Amit ; Mallik, Amit Kumar ; Mittholiya, K. ; Bernard, R. ; Dharmadhikari, J.A. ; Mathur, Dhirendra ; Dharmadhikari, A.K.
Author_Institution :
Photonics Div., SAMEER, Mumbai, India
Abstract :
We report on fabrication of waveguides (guidance at 1310 nm) and 1×2 splitters in BK7 glass using a variable repetition rate, 1030 nm, 270 fs laser. We write two layered splitters having separation of 20 μm.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser materials processing; optical beam splitters; optical fabrication; optical glass; optical waveguides; 1x2 splitter waveguide; BK7 glass; femtosecond laser induced fabrication; fs laser; guidance; layered splitters; time 270 fs; variable repetition rate; wavelength 1030 nm; wavelength 1310 nm;
Conference_Titel :
Fiber Optics and Photonics (PHOTONICS), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chennai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4718-1
