Photonic lanterns are made by adiabatically merging several single-mode cores into one
multimode core. They provide low-loss interfaces between single-mode and multimode …

This paper provides an overview of the rather new field concerning the applications of
femtosecond laser microstructuring of glass to optofluidics. Femtosecond lasers have …

High-repetition rate femtosecond lasers are shown to drive heat accumulation processes
that are attractive for rapid writing of low-loss optical waveguides in transparent glasses. A …

When a femtosecond laser pulse is focused inside a transparent material, the optical
intensity in the focal volume can become high enough to induce permanent structural …

In this paper we review the micromachining of photonic devices in several materials by
means of ultrashort laser pulses. The physical mechanisms underlying the refractive index …

The interaction of intense femtosecond laser pulses with transparent materials is a topic that
has caused great interest of scientists over the past two decades. It will continue to be a …

A variable (0.2 to 5 MHz) repetition rate femtosecond laser was applied to delineate the role
of thermal diffusion and heat accumulation effects in forming low-loss optical waveguides in …

We report both theoretical and experimental results of a slit beam shaping configuration for
fabricating photonic waveguides by use of femtosecond laser pulses. Most importantly we …

The importance of integrated quantum photonics in the telecom band is based on the
possibility of interfacing with the optical network infrastructure that was developed for …

Direct‐write optical waveguide device fabrication is probably the most widely studied
application of femtosecond laser micromachining in transparent dielectrics at the present …