Optical properties of waveguides fabricated in fused silica by femtosecond laser pulses

被引:193
作者
Will, M
Nolte, S
Chichkov, BN
Tünnermann, A
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[1] Univ Jena, Inst Angew Phys, D-07743 Jena, Germany
[2] Laser Zentrum Hannover eV, D-30419 Hannover, Germany
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10.1364/AO.41.004360
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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With tightly focused femtosecond laser pulses, waveguides are fabricated in fused silica. The guiding and attenuation properties of these waveguides at wavelengths of 514 nm and 1.5 mum are studied. We demonstrate that by changing only the writing speed, waveguides with a controllable mode number can be produced. (C) 2002 Optical Society of America.
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页码:4360 / 4364
页数:5
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