Photonic crystal spatial filters fabricated by femtosecond pulsed Bessel beam

We propose and experimentally demonstrate femtosecond direct laser writing with Bessel beams for the fabrication of photonic crystals with spatial filtering functionality. Such filters are mechanically stable, of small (of order of millimeter) size, do not require direct access to the far-field doma...

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Autores: Gailevicius, Darius, Purlys, Vytautas, Staliunas, Kestutis|||0000-0002-0539-9538
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/176402
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/176402
https://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.44.004969
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Lasers
Photonic crystals
Làsers
Cristalls fotònics
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física
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Sumario:We propose and experimentally demonstrate femtosecond direct laser writing with Bessel beams for the fabrication of photonic crystals with spatial filtering functionality. Such filters are mechanically stable, of small (of order of millimeter) size, do not require direct access to the far-field domain, and therefore are excellent candidates for intracavity spatial filtering applications in mini- and micro-lasers. The technique allows the fabrication of efficient photonic crystal spatial filters in glass, with a narrow angle (~1 degree) nearly 100%-transmission pass-band between broad angle (up to 10 degrees) nearly 0%-transmission angular stop-bands. We show, that this technique can not only significantly shorten the fabrication time, but also allows the fabrication of large-scale defect-free photonic crystal spatial filters with a wide filtering band.