Title :
Rewritable nanogratings in fused silica using a focused femtosecond laser beam
Author :
Simova, Eli ; Hnatovsky, Cyril ; Taylor, Rod S. ; Liu, Jiaren ; Pattathil, Rajeev ; Bhardwaj, Ravi ; Rayner, David M. ; Corkum, Paul B.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Res. Council, Ottawa, ON
Abstract :
Long-range periodic nanoplane gratings written inside fused silica using a focused femtosecond laser beam can be erased and replaced with new gratings whose orientation is determined by the polarization of the femtosecond laser overwrite beam.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; light polarisation; nanophotonics; optical focusing; silicon compounds; SiO2; femtosecond laser beam; focused laser beam; fused silica; long-range periodic gratings; nanoplane gratings; optical polarization; rewritable nanogratings; Focusing; Gratings; Laser beams; Laser theory; Optical beams; Optical microscopy; Optical polarization; Silicon compounds; Ultrafast optics; Writing; (140.3330) Laser damage; (140.3390) Laser material processing; (320.7120) Ultrafast phenomena;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627903
