Ultrafast laser direct writing (ULDW) is explored as a facile technique to induce
unprecedented physical phenomena and functional structures three dimensionally in glass …

The expanding role of refractive index measurement in many fields including chemistry,
biology and medicine, food industry, process control, and environmental monitoring, has led …

We introduce a programmable eight-port interferometer with the recently proposed error-
tolerant architecture capable of performing a broad class of transformations. The …

To our knowledge, we report on the first demonstration of Type A VBGs inscribed in silver-
containing phosphate glasses by femtosecond laser writing. The gratings are inscribed …

Here, it is demonstrated that the stack‐and‐draw approach can be expanded to unusual
materials association and profile geometries to generate fiber assemblies with …

A novel type of waveguide Bragg grating (WBG) is demonstrated based on femtosecond
laser-induced Type A refractive index modifications, namely based of the photochemistry of …

Direct laser writing (DLW) in transparent dielectric hosts such as oxide glasses allows 3D
micro-and nano-modification of materials structure and properties. One of the most …

Emerging 3D photonic circuits would greatly benefit from the ability to integrate skimming
waveguides with low loss and controllable inscription depth into photonic circuits. These …

The direct laser writing (DLW) using femtosecond lasers allows for the inscription of 3D
microstructures embedded inside optical materials. Based solely on the silver ions …

Tip-enhanced optical effects have enabled a wide palette of nanoscale investigation
techniques and recently they were successfully used to modify and manipulate matter with …