TY - JOUR
T1 - Ultrafast laser written active devices
AU - Ams, Martin
AU - Marshall, Graham D.
AU - Dekker, Peter
AU - Piper, James A.
AU - Withford, Michael J.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Direct-write optical waveguide device fabrication is probably the most widely studied application of femtosecond laser micromachining in transparent dielectrics at the present time. Devices such as buried waveguides, power splitters, couplers, gratings, optical amplifiers and laser oscillators have all been demonstrated. This paper reviews the application of the femtosecond laser direct-write technique to the fabrication of active waveguide devices in bulk glass materials.
AB - Direct-write optical waveguide device fabrication is probably the most widely studied application of femtosecond laser micromachining in transparent dielectrics at the present time. Devices such as buried waveguides, power splitters, couplers, gratings, optical amplifiers and laser oscillators have all been demonstrated. This paper reviews the application of the femtosecond laser direct-write technique to the fabrication of active waveguide devices in bulk glass materials.
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U2 - 10.1002/lpor.200810050
DO - 10.1002/lpor.200810050
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:70350550332
VL - 3
SP - 535
EP - 544
JO - Laser and Photonics Reviews
JF - Laser and Photonics Reviews
SN - 1863-8899
IS - 6
ER -