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  • Editor: David J. Hagan
  • Vol. 1, Iss. 5 — Sep. 1, 2011
  • pp: 803–815

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Manipulation of optical anisotropy in silica glass [Invited]

Yasuhiko Shimotsuma, Masaaki Sakakura, and Kiyotaka Miura  »View Author Affiliations


Optical Materials Express, Vol. 1, Issue 5, pp. 803-815 (2011)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OME.1.000803


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Abstract

We observed origin and evolution of optical anisotropy produced by self-organized nanogratings in silica glass. Its polarization dependence was also demonstrated.

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OCIS Codes
(160.1190) Materials : Anisotropic optical materials
(070.7145) Fourier optics and signal processing : Ultrafast processing

ToC Category:
Artificially Engineered Structures

History
Original Manuscript: July 19, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: July 27, 2011
Published: August 3, 2011

Virtual Issues
Femtosecond Direct Laser Writing and Structuring of Materials (2011) Optical Materials Express

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Yasuhiko Shimotsuma, Masaaki Sakakura, and Kiyotaka Miura, "Manipulation of optical anisotropy in silica glass [Invited]," Opt. Mater. Express 1, 803-815 (2011)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ome/abstract.cfm?URI=ome-1-5-803


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