• DocumentCode
    1674227
  • Title

    Polarization-sensitive femtosecond laser ablation with tightly focused vortex pulses

  • Author

    Hnatovsky, Cyril ; Shvedov, Vladlen G. ; Shostka, Natalia ; Rode, Andrei V. ; Krolikowski, Wieslaw

  • Author_Institution
    Laser Phys. Centre, Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT, Australia
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate that in a tight focusing geometry circularly polarized femtosecond laser vortex pulses ablate material differently depending on the handedness of light. This allows one to control laser micromachining on a sub-wavelength scale.
  • Keywords
    laser ablation; laser beam machining; light polarisation; optical focusing; optical vortices; circularly polarized femtosecond laser vortex pulses ablate material; laser micromachining control; polarization-sensitive femtosecond laser ablation; Focusing; Laser ablation; Laser beams; Materials; Optical imaging; Optical polarization; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6326433
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1674227