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Fabrication of hollow optical waveguides in fused silica by three-dimensional femtosecond laser micromachining

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We report on the fabrication of hollow optical waveguides in fused silica using femtosecond laser micromachining. We show that in such hollow waveguides, high-intensity femtosecond laser beams can be guided with low optical loss. Our technique, which was established earlier for fabrication of optofluidic structures in glass, can ensure a high smoothness at the inner surfaces of the hollow waveguides and provide the unique capability of fabrication of hollow waveguides with complex geometries and configurations. A transmission of ∼90% at 633 nm wavelength is obtained for a 62-mm-long hollow waveguide with an inner diameter of ∼250 μm. In addition, nonlinear propagation of femtosecond laser pulses in the hollow waveguide is demonstrated, showing that the spectral bandwidth of the femtosecond pulses can be broadened from ∼27.2 to ∼55.7 nm.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 800-211, Shanghai, 201800, China

    F. He, J. Lin & Y. Cheng

  2. Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100039, China

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He, F., Lin, J. & Cheng, Y. Fabrication of hollow optical waveguides in fused silica by three-dimensional femtosecond laser micromachining. Appl. Phys. B 105, 379–384 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-011-4520-5

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