DocumentCode
2865775
Title
Breaking symmetry in glass by femtosecond laser irradiation
Author
Kazansky, Peter G. ; Yang, Weijia ; Bricchi, Erica ; Kitagawa, Ryota ; Takebe, Hiromichi
Author_Institution
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton
fYear
2006
fDate
21-26 May 2006
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
It is observed that writing by femtosecond laser from left to right can be different from writing in the opposite direction. Structures with broken mirror symmetry in chalcogenide glass are discovered. Chiral patterns are demonstrated.
Keywords
chalcogenide glasses; chirality; germanium compounds; high-speed optical techniques; laser beam effects; optical glass; GeS; broken mirror symmetry; chalcogenide glass; chiral patterns; femtosecond laser irradiation; femtosecond laser writing; Birefringence; Glass; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical materials; Optical polarization; Optical pulses; Ultrafast electronics; Ultrafast optics; Writing; (140.3390) Laser materials processing; (320.7120) Ultrafast phenomena;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-813-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627904
Filename
4627904
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