Title :
Three dimensional waveguide splitters fabricated in glass using a femtosecond laser oscillator
Author :
Sharma, V. ; Kowalevicz, A.M., Jr. ; Huber, R. ; Fujimoto, J.G. ; Minoshima, K.
Author_Institution :
Departmeni of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci. & Res. Laboratory of Electron., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
Three-dimensional optical waveguide devices are fabricated in glass using femtosecond pulses from an extended cavity Ti:sapphire laser oscillator. We demonstrate increased device densities by fabricating highly symmetric 1:N waveguide splitters in three dimensions.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser materials processing; optical beam splitters; optical fabrication; optical glass; optical waveguides; Al2O3:Ti; extended cavity Ti:sapphire laser oscillator; glass; optical fabrication; three dimensional waveguide splitters; Glass; Machining; Optical device fabrication; Optical materials; Optical pulses; Optical resonators; Optical waveguides; Oscillators; Ultrafast optics; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202363
