Title :
The art and science of femtosecond laser writing
Author :
Kazansky, Peter G. ; Beresna, Martynas ; Shimotsuma, Yasuhiko ; Hirao, Kazuyuki ; Svirko, Yuri P.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
We demonstrate how femtosecond laser writing can challenge common beliefs in optics. Recently discovered phenomena of quill writing related to self-assembled nanostructuring in glasses and non-reciprocal laser writing in crystals are reviewed.
Keywords :
glass; high-speed optical techniques; laser materials processing; self-assembly; femtosecond laser writing; glasses; nonreciprocal laser writing; quill writing; self-assembled nanostructuring; Art; Laser theory; Laser transitions; Lithium niobate; Nanostructured materials; Optical materials; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Ultrafast optics; Writing;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, 2009. LEOS '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Belek-Antalya
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3680-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2009.5343257
