Abstract
Buried refractive index changes of 10−4 to 10−3 were written in fused silica with F2 laser nanosecond-pulse ultraviolet radiation, forming visible- and infrared-confining cylindrical waveguides of 1.6 dB/cm loss and 7×10−6 birefringence.
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