Title :
"Quill" Writing with Ultrashort Light Pulses in Transparent Optical Materials
Author :
Kazansky, Peter G. ; Weijia Yang ; Bricchi, E.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Southampton, Southampton
Abstract :
Writing in silica glass in opposite directions can be different. The phenomenon resembles quill writing and is interpreted in terms of anisotropic trapping of electron plasma by a tilted front of the ultrashort laser pulse.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser materials processing; optical glass; silicon compounds; SiO2; anisotropic trapping; electron plasma; quill writing; silica glass; transparent optical materials; ultrashort laser pulses; Fiber lasers; Glass; Laser theory; Optical materials; Optical polarization; Optical pulses; Plasma materials processing; Scanning electron microscopy; Waveguide lasers; Writing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452783
