Ultrafast laser inscription of 3D waveguides for SDM applications

Conference: ECOC 2016 - 42nd European Conference on Optical Communication
09/18/2016 - 09/22/2016 at Düsseldorf, Deutschland

Proceedings: ECOC 2016

Pages: 3Language: englishTyp: PDF

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Authors:
Thomson, Robert R. (Institute of Photonics and Quantum Sciences, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK)

Abstract:
I will present the work that has been conducted on the application of ultrafast laser inscription to the fabrication of three-dimensional components, such as 3D fan-outs and photonic lanterns, for future applications in space division multiplexing (SDM).