• DocumentCode
    1769412
  • Title

    Recent advances in ultrafast laser nanostructuring: S-waveplate and eternal data storage

  • Author

    Kazansky, Peter G. ; Zhang, Juyong ; Gecevicius, Mindaugas ; Beresna, Martynas

  • Author_Institution
    Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Ultrashort light pulses create self-assembled sub-wavelength structures in the bulk of silica glass. Recent progress in applications of this phenomenon ranging from polarization and vortex converters to 5D optical data storage is reviewed.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; laser materials processing; nanofabrication; nanostructured materials; optical glass; optical storage; optical vortices; self-assembly; silicon compounds; 5D optical data storage; S-waveplate; SiO2; eternal data storage; polarization converters; self-assembled sub-wavelength structures; silica glass; ultrafast laser nanostructuring; ultrashort light pulses; vortex converters; Glass; Laser beams; Memory; Optical device fabrication; Optical polarization; Optical vortices; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6988319