Title :
Inscription of optical waveguides with ultrafast Bessel beams
Author :
Zambon, Véronique ; Forest, Rosalie ; McCarthy, Nathalie ; Piché, Michel
Author_Institution :
Univ. Laval, Quebec City
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 :
high-speed optical techniques; nonlinear optics; optical fabrication; optical waveguides; circular symmetry; femtosecond pulses; fused silica; optical waveguides; ultrafast Bessel beams; Laser beams; Nonlinear optics; Optical beams; Optical pulses; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Pulse amplifiers; 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.2007.4453396
