@inproceedings{29c7d6d6f9414f56898fde520c025933,
title = "Ultrafast Laser Fabricated Fused Silica Fibre Preforms",
abstract = "A novel method of manufacturing silica fibre preforms is presented which exploits ultrafast laser induced selective etching to fabricate cross-sectional disks that are subsequently stacked and bonded via ultrafast laser welding.",
author = "Ross, {C. A.} and K. Harrington and Stone, {J. M.} and Birks, {T. A.} and Thomson, {R. R.}",
note = "Funding Information: Acknowledgements: This work was primarily funded via the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) through grants EP/S000410/1 and EP/T020903/1. The ultrafast laser fabrication system used here was funded by the EU Quantum Flagship through the “PhoG – Sub-Poissonian Photon Gun by Coherent Diffusive Photonics” project. We thank S. Renshaw for technical support during fibre fabrication, and Lightconversion for their support. ; CLEO: Science and Innovations, S and I 2022 ; Conference date: 15-05-2022 Through 20-05-2022",
year = "2022",
language = "English",
series = "Optics InfoBase Conference Papers",
publisher = "Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA)",
booktitle = "CLEO",
}