Presentations

    Optical waveguide wiring using femtosecond laser pulses between multiple pieces of glass for optical sensor applications, at 2005 SPIE Photonics West Conference, Program on Laser Micro-/Nanoengineering and applications, Commercial and Biomedical Applications of Ultrafast Lasers VI (San Jose, CA), Tuesday, January 25, 2005:
    We demonstrate optical waveguide wiring between multiple pieces of glass using high-repetition rate femtosecond laser pulses focused with a 1.4 NA oil-immersion microscope objective. In conventional waveguide wiring techniques, connecting optical waveguides in different pieces of glass requires special attention because of the very small core size of the waveguides. Connecting waveguides therefore necessitates highly accurate positioning stages and is a time consuming process. We demonstrate that it is possible to write optical waveguides across the gap between two pieces of glass with a... Read more about Optical waveguide wiring using femtosecond laser pulses between multiple pieces of glass for optical sensor applications