论文信息 - Micromachining optical waveguides in bulk glass using a femtosecond laser oscillator

Micromachining optical waveguides in bulk glass using a femtosecond laser oscillator

Summary form only given.We show that by focusing a femtosecond laser pulse very tightly, one can micromachine a transparent material using an unamplified laser. A 1.4 numerical aperture (NA) microscope objective is used to focus a 5 nJ, sub-100-fs pulse into a 0.5-/spl mu/m diameter spot inside a piece of Corning 0211 glass.

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