Abstract
A technique of direct writing of depressed cladding waveguides by a tightly focused, femtosecond laser beam in laser crystals has been developed. A laser based on a depressed cladding waveguide in a Neodimium doped YAG crystal has been demonstrated for the first time.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 33 |
Pages (from-to) | 258-264 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Proceedings of SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering |
Volume | 5707 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 21 Jul 2005 |
Bibliographical note
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- Diode-pumped laser
- Refractive index change