Waveguide writing in bulk PMMA by femtosecond laser pulses

By use of femtosecond laser pulses, waveguide writing in transparent materials has attracted much interest. We present the fabrication of waveguide devices inside bulk PMMA. Symmetric waveguides can be fabricated by using a slit beam shaping method.

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