Writing of permanent birefringent microlayers in bulk fused silica with femtosecond laser pulses

Lionel Sudrie (1) , Michel A. Franco (1) , Bernard Prade (1) , André Mysyrowicz (1)

1 LOA - Laboratoire d'optique appliquée

Permanent birefringent structures with controllable microscopic dimensions are inscribed in pure fused silica platelets. The birefringence properties of transmission gratings and of a quasi-uniform layer have been established.

Keywords: Femtosecond laser; Fused silica; Birefringence; Diffraction gratings; Integrated optics

Domains: Physics [physics]; Physics [physics]; Optics [physics.optics]

Lionel Sudrie, Michel A. Franco, Bernard Prade, André Mysyrowicz. Writing of permanent birefringent microlayers in bulk fused silica with femtosecond laser pulses. Optics Communications, 1999, 171 (4), pp.279-284. ⟨10.1016/S0030-4018(99)00562-3⟩. ⟨hal-00465592⟩