Title :
Femtosecond laser-induced microexplosions in transparent materials
Author :
Ashcom, Jonathan B. ; Mazur, Eric
Author_Institution :
Div. of Appl. Phys., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
After reviewing some of the fundamentals of surface and bulk damage in transparent materials, this talk will present an overview of work being done in our laboratory on tightly focusing femtosecond pulses into the bulk of transparent materials with an emphasis on materials processing and micromachining
Keywords :
explosions; high-speed optical techniques; laser beam effects; laser beam machining; laser materials processing; micromachining; optical focusing; transparency; bulk damage; femtosecond laser-induced microexplosions; laboratory; laser materials processing; micromachining; overview; review; surface damage; tightly focusing femtosecond pulses; transparent materials; Absorption; Apertures; Ionization; Micromachining; Nonlinear optics; Optical materials; Optical pulses; Optical scattering; Optical waveguides; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2001. LEOS 2001. The 14th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7105-4
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2001.969294
