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Asymmetric directional couplers were written inside bulk borosilicate glass by a high repetition rate femtosecond laser. Wavelength-dependent coupling ratios were tuned by laser exposure and coupler geometry, yielding flattened spectral response (±5%) over >400-nm bandwidth.
© 2008 Optical Society of America
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