Laser-Induced Optical Property Changes Inside Bi-Doped Glass

Author

Zhou, Shifeng ; Lei, Wenqi ; Chen, Jingxin ; Hao, Jianhua ; Zeng, Heping ; Qiu, Jianrong

Author_Institution

State Key Lab. of Silicon Mater., Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou

Volume

21

Issue

6

fYear

2009

fDate

3/15/2009 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

386

Lastpage

388

Abstract

We report an unusual phenomenon of optical properties changes in Bi-doped glass under irradiation with a femtosecond laser. Not only broadband absorption in the visible but also infrared luminescence variations have been observed after irradiation. This behavior is related to the process of laser initiating local chemical reactions involving multiple active centers of Bi. This phenomenon provides a convenient method for 3-D selective fabrication by ultrashort laser pulses, and applications in ultrahigh density optical memory and micro photonics.

Keywords

bismuth; high-speed optical techniques; laser beam effects; laser materials processing; micro-optics; optical fabrication; optical glass; optical storage; photochemistry; photoluminescence; 3-D selective fabrication; JkJk:Bi; bismuth doped glass; broadband absorption; femtosecond laser; infrared luminescence variation; laser initiating local chemical reaction; laser irradiation effect; laser-induced optical property change; microphotonics; photoradiation effects; ultrahigh density optical memory; ultrashort laser pulse; visible spectra; Glass; laser applications; luminescence; optical glass; photoradiation effects;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2008.2011749

Filename

4745771