Femtosecond writing of refractive-index changes in sapphire is demonstrated by doping the crystal with an appropriate ion (here: Ti/sup 3+/) that reduces the threshold of the process. Passive and active buried channel waveguiding is demonstrated.


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    Title :

    Femtosecond irradiation induced refractive-index changes and channel waveguiding in bulk Ti/sup 3+/:sapphire


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    Publication date :

    2004-01-01


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    272116 byte



    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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