Ultrashort-pulse laser calligraphy
Author(s) -
Weijia Yang,
Peter G. Kazansky,
Yasuhiko Shimotsuma,
Masaaki Sakakura,
Kiyotaka Miura,
Kazuyuki Hirao
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
applied physics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.182
H-Index - 442
eISSN - 1077-3118
pISSN - 0003-6951
DOI - 10.1063/1.3010375
Subject(s) - birefringence , materials science , laser , ultrashort pulse , optics , pulse (music) , anisotropy , tilt (camera) , optoelectronics , physics , geometry , mathematics , detector
Control of structural modifications inside silica glass by changing the front tilt of an ultrashort pulse is demonstrated, achieving a calligraphic style of laser writing. The phenomena of anisotropic bubble formation at the boundary of an irradiated region and modification transition from microscopic bubbles formation to self-assembled form birefringence are observed, and the physical mechanisms are discussed. The results provide the comprehensive evidence that the light beam with centrosymmetric intensity distribution can produce noncentrosymmetric material modifications
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