ISSN:
1349-9432
Keywords:
Bragg grating
;
ultrashort pulses
;
refractive index change
;
self-focusing
;
zone plate
;
fabricating
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Abstract It is known that local refractive index change occurs when femtosecond laser pulses with extremely high peak power are launched into glass. We focused 130-femtosecond laser pulses of 800 nm into the bulk of glass and examined the shape of the induced refractive index change. We found that the length of the spot of the refractive index change along the optical axis reached about 30 μm despite the diameter being about 2 μm. To estimate the distribution of induced refractive index change, we fabricated Bragg grating by scanning the focused spot and calculated the amount of the change by applying Kogelnik’s coupled mode theory to the measured diffraction efficiencies of the higher order diffracted beams.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10043-000-0014-0
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