Title :
Inscription of optical waveguides with ultrafast Bessel beams
Author :
Zambon, Véronique ; Forest, Rosalie ; McCarthy, Nathalie ; Piché, Michel
Author_Institution :
Centre d¿Optique, Photonique et Laser (COPL) and Département de physique, de génie physique et d¿optique, Université Laval, Québec G1K 7P4, Canada
Abstract :
Optical waveguides have been inscribed in fused silica by focusing femtosecond pulses with an axicon. The waveguides so fabricated exhibit low losses and no detectable birefringence due to their excellent circular symmetry.
Keywords :
Laser beams; Nonlinear optics; Optical beams; Optical pulses; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Pulse amplifiers; Ultrafast optics; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431173
