Breakthroughs in Photonics 2012: Femtosecond-Laser Nanomachining

Author

Burmeister, Fernando ; Richter, Simon ; Richter, D. ; Voigtlander, C. ; Heisterkamp, A. ; Nolte, S.

Author_Institution

Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich-Schiller-Univ. Jena, Jena, Germany

Volume

5

Issue

2

fYear

2013

fDate

Apr-13

Abstract

The latest breakthroughs in the field of nanoscale structuring using ultrashort laser pulses are presented, all exploiting highly nonlinear effects. Significant advances have been made in improving the resolution in two-photon-polymerization, as well as for applying this technique to create functional nanostructures. In glassy materials, the inscription of self-organized periodic nanostructures resulting in artificial birefringence, as well as periodic subwavelength structures for fiber and volume Bragg gratings, has emerged. In addition, latest results in the fascinating field of biophotonics are presented, where tremendous progress has been made allowing the manipulation of living cells.

Keywords

Bragg gratings; bio-optics; birefringence; high-speed optical techniques; nonlinear optics; optical glass; polymerisation; AD 2012; artificial birefringence; biophotonics; femtosecond-laser nanomachining; fiber Bragg gratings; functional nanostructures; glassy materials; nanoscale structuring; nonlinear effects; periodic subwavelength structures; self-organized periodic nanostructures; two-photon-polymerization; ultrashort laser pulses; volume Bragg gratings; Fiber gratings; Gratings; Laser beams; Lasers; Nanostructures; Photonics; Ultrafast nonlinear processes; engineered photonic nanostructures; fiber gratings; laser–tissue–cell interactions; nanostructures; subwavelength structures;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Journal, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1943-0655

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JPHOT.2013.2252609

Filename

6512568