Title :
Femtosecond laser fabrication of directional couplers and Mach-Zehnder interferometers
Author :
Gu, Yu ; Chung, Jung-Ho ; Fujimoto, James G.
Author_Institution :
Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge
Abstract :
Spectral behavior of directional couplers and unbalanced Mach-Zehnder interferometers fabricated in glass with a MPC Ti:sapphire laser is characterized. Spectral features can be controlled by controlling physical device parameters as well as writing speed.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; high-speed optical techniques; integrated optics; laser materials processing; optical directional couplers; optical fabrication; Al2O3:Ti; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; SiO2; Ti:sapphire laser; directional couplers; femtosecond laser fabrication; spectral behavior; Directional couplers; Glass; Laser theory; Optical device fabrication; Optical devices; Optical interferometry; Optical waveguides; Ultrafast electronics; Ultrafast optics; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452863
