• DocumentCode
    1772120
  • Title

    Unusual phenomena with self-organized nanogratings written in silica glass with a femtosecond laser

  • Author

    Groothoff, Nathaniel ; Champion, Andrew ; Hongler, Max-Oliver ; Bellouard, Yves

  • Author_Institution
    Mech. Eng. Dept., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven, Netherlands
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Femtosecond laser written nanogratings show a random transition from self-organized to disordered structure and vice versa. A reason for the transition is proposed. Overlapping laser scans create nanogratings with apparent self-aligned fringes.
  • Keywords
    diffraction gratings; high-speed optical techniques; laser materials processing; nanophotonics; optical glass; SiO2; disordered structure; femtosecond laser written nanogratings; laser scans; random transition; self-aligned fringes; self-organized nanogratings; self-organized structure; silica glass; Glass; Laser theory; Laser transitions; Optical pulses; Silicon compounds; Stress; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6989780