Ultrafast fiber lasers have significant applications in ultra-precision manufacturing, medical
diagnostics, medical treatment, precision measurement and astronomical detection, owing …

Femtosecond laser micromachining can be used either to remove materials or to change a
material's properties, and can be applied to both absorptive and transparent substances …

This paper introduces and discusses the main aspects of ultrashort laser pulse filamentation
in various transparent media such as air (gases), transparent solids and liquids. The …

Recent research on fibre optic long-period gratings (LPGs) is reviewed with emphasis
placed upon the characteristics of LPGs that make them attractive for applications in sensing …

In the upcoming space revolutions aiming at the implementation of automated, smart, and
self-aware crewless vehicles and reusable spacecraft, sensors play a significant role in the …

Direct writing of fibre Bragg gratings by femtosecond laser Page 1 Direct writing of fibre Bragg
gratings by femtosecond laser A. Martinez, M. Dubov, I. Khrushchev and I. Bennion Direct …

Bulk damage induced by fs IR laser pulses in silica is investigated both experimentally and
numerically. In a strong focusing geometry, a first damage zone is followed by a narrow track …

We demonstrate a fiber in-line Fabry-Perot interferometer cavity sensor for refractive index
measurement. The interferometer cavity is formed by drilling a micro-hole at the cleaved …

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 …

We investigate experimentally and numerically the damage tracks induced by tightly focused
(NA= 0.5) infrared femtosecond laser pulses in the bulk of a fused silica sample. Two types …