The unique characteristics of ultrafast lasers, such as picosecond and femtosecond lasers,
have opened up new avenues in materials processing that employ ultrashort pulse widths …

The rapid development of the femtosecond laser has revolutionized materials processing
due to its unique characteristics of ultrashort pulse width and extremely high peak intensity …

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

Femtosecond‐laser micromachining (also known as inscription or writing) has been
developed as one of the most efficient techniques for direct three‐dimensional …

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 …

This paper reviews the recent advancements achieved using ultrafast laser inscription (ULI)
that highlight the cross‐disciplinary potential of the technology. An overview of waveguide …

The tremendous interest in the field of waveguide lasers in the past two decades is largely
attributed to the geometry of the gain medium, which provides the possibility to store optical …

The field of optically pumped planar waveguide lasers has seen a rapid development over
the last two decades driven by the requirements of a range of applications. This sustained …

The lab-on-chip (LOC) platform has presented a powerful opportunity to improve
functionalization, parallelization, and miniaturization on planar or multilevel geometries that …

Using a femtosecond Ti: Sapphire laser, micro-tracks of material damage were written into
Yb: YAG crystals. Waveguiding was achieved in a channel between pairs of tracks with …