Title : 
Formation mechanism dependence on laser power of UV-laser ablated silicon surface gratings
         
        
            Author : 
Cheng-Yen Chen ; Gurtler, S. ; Yang, C.C.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Inst. of Electro-Opt. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan
         
        
        
        
            fDate : 
Aug. 30 1999-Sept. 3 1999
         
        
        
            Abstract : 
We report our results of UV-laser ablated Si surface gratings. It was found that different laser-matter interactions were involved in forming the surface gratings when different levels of laser power were used. Hence, different morphologies of gratings were observed. In fabricating a grating, a silicon wafer was exposed to the interference fringes formed through a prism or a holographic system with the fourth-harmonic (266 nm) of a Q-switched Nd:YAG laser.
         
        
            Keywords : 
holographic gratings; laser ablation; optical fabrication; silicon; surface phenomena; 266 nm; Q-switched Nd:YAG laser; Si; UV-laser ablated Si surface gratings; UV-laser ablated silicon surface gratings; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; formation mechanism dependence; fourth-harmonic; grating fabrication; holographic system; interference fringes; laser power; laser-matter interactions; prism; Diffraction; Gratings; Hafnium; Interference; Laser ablation; Oxidation; Power lasers; Silicon; Surface emitting lasers; Surface morphology;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO/Pacific Rim '99. The Pacific Rim Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Seoul, South Korea
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
0-7803-5661-6
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/CLEOPR.1999.817751