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Ultrafast laser written active devices
Author(s) -
Ams M.,
Marshall G.D.,
Dekker P.,
Piper J.A.,
Withford M.J.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
laser and photonics reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.778
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1863-8899
pISSN - 1863-8880
DOI - 10.1002/lpor.200810050
Subject(s) - femtosecond , fabrication , laser , materials science , optoelectronics , ultrashort pulse , surface micromachining , waveguide , optics , amplifier , beam splitter , physics , medicine , alternative medicine , cmos , pathology
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.