On the use of the type I and II scheme for classifying ultrafast laser direct-write photonics

Simon Gross, Mykhaylo Dubov, Michael J. Withford

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Abstract

The use of the Type I and Type II scheme, first introduced and used by fiber Bragg grating researchers, has recently been adopted by the ultrafast laser direct-write photonics community to classify the physical geometry of waveguides written into glasses and crystals. This has created confusion between the fiber Bragg grating and direct-write photonics community. Here we propose a return to the original basis of the classification based on the characteristics of the material modification rather than the physical geometry of the waveguide.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)7767-7770
Number of pages4
JournalOptics Express
Volume23
Issue number6
Early online date17 Mar 2015
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 23 Mar 2015

Keywords

  • integrated optics
  • laser materials processing
  • waveguides
  • fiber Bragg gratings

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