Title :
Phase transitions induced by ultrafast laser writing in transparent materials
Author :
Kazansky, Peter G. ; Beresna, Martynas ; Gecevicius, Mindaugas ; Corbari, Costantino ; Shimotsuma, Yasuhiko ; Sakakura, Masaaki ; Miura, Kiyotaka ; Hirao, Kazuyuki ; Bellouard, Yves
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
Evidence of the first order phase transition associated with self-assembled nanostructures formation during ultrafast laser writing in silica glass is demonstrated. Supercooled state of laser damage is observed using pulses with tilted intensity front.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser beam effects; laser materials processing; nanostructured materials; phase transformations; self-assembly; supercooling; first order phase transition; laser damage; self-assembled nonostructures formation; silica glass; supercooled state; tilted intensity front; transparent materials; ultrafast laser writing; Integrated optics; Laser theory; Laser transitions; Materials; Optical pulses; Ultrafast optics; Writing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
