Large mode area waveguides with polarization functions by volume ultrafast laser photoinscription of fused silica

G. Cheng, C. D'Amico, X. Liu, R. Stoian

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Abstract

We present optical designs allowing large mode area light guiding by ultrafast laser photoinscription of bulk fused silica. If usual concepts are based on large core and depressed cladding, evanescently coupled multicore waveguides with coherent mode superposition can be effective solutions, where the introduction of nanostructured defects determines additional polarization functions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1924-1926
Number of pages3
JournalOptics Letters
Volume38
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jun 2013
Externally publishedYes

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