Pulsed light effects in amorphous As2S3

K Tanaka, A Saitoh - Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 2022 - Springer
It is known that amorphous chalcogenide materials exhibit unique optical phenomena,
including high nonlinearity, photodarkening, and phase changes. Upon single or repeated …

Polymer photonic crystal waveguides generated by femtosecond laser

GL Roth, S Kefer, S Hessler, C Esen… - Laser & Photonics …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Femtosecond laser‐based fabrication of integrated photonic crystal waveguides inside of a
transparent polymer is reported. In general, the fabrication of waveguides based on …

Mid-infrared astrophotonics: study of ultrafast laser induced index change in compatible materials

A Arriola, S Gross, M Ams, T Gretzinger… - Optical Materials …, 2017 - opg.optica.org
The mid-infrared wavelength regime 3.5–4.1 μm, known as the astronomical L'band is of
special interest for exoplanet hunting. Mid-IR compatible photonic technologies are an …

[HTML][HTML] Optical response of channel waveguides in silicate glass created via ion implantation with optical barriers of varying thickness

R Mikšová, P Nekvindová, P Aubrecht… - Optics & Laser …, 2025 - Elsevier
Channel waveguides have been fabricated through ion implantation combined with
photolithography in three types of silicate glass of diverse composition. The range of the …

Towards a photonic mid-infrared nulling interferometer in chalcogenide glass

T Gretzinger, S Gross, A Arriola, MJ Withford - Optics Express, 2019 - opg.optica.org
Nulling interferometry enables astronomers to advance beyond the resolving power of
ground-based telescopes with the goal of directly detecting exo-planets. By diminishing the …

[HTML][HTML] Fluoride and chalcogenide glass fiber components for mid-infrared lasers and amplifiers: Breakthroughs, challenges, and future perspective

K Grebnev, B Perminov, TT Fernandez, A Fuerbach… - APL Photonics, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Since the early 1990s, when researchers began to explore rare-earth-doped mid-infrared
glass fibers, fiber laser systems have emerged as promising high-brightness light sources …

Ultrafast laser inscribed waveguides in tailored fluoride glasses: An enabling technology for mid-infrared integrated photonics devices

TT Fernandez, B Johnston, S Gross, S Cozic… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Zirconium fluoride (ZBLAN) glass, the standard material used in fiber-based mid-infrared
photonics, has been re-designed to enable the fabrication of high index-contrast low-loss …

Formation of nanogratings driven by ultrafast laser irradiation in mid-IR heavy oxide glasses

H Yao, R Zaiter, M Cavillon, P Delullier, B Lu… - Ceramics …, 2022 - Elsevier
This work demonstrates for the first time the formation of nanogratings inside Barium Gallo-
Germanate (BGG) glasses using femtosecond laser direct writing. These heavy oxide …

Adaptive optics aberration correction for deep direct laser written waveguides in the heating regime

N Bisch, J Guan, MJ Booth, PS Salter - Applied Physics A, 2019 - Springer
We demonstrate the negative effect of depth-dependent spherical aberration on
femtosecond laser written waveguides fabricated in the high pulse repetition rate regime (1 …

Single-scan ultrafast laser inscription of waveguides in IG2 for type-I and type-II operation in the mid-infrared

W Hu, W Gebremichael, J Fernandes, M Kilinc… - Optics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate, for the first time to our knowledge, single-scan ultrafast laser inscription
and performance of mid-infrared waveguiding in IG2 chalcogenide glass in the type-I and …