DocumentCode
688850
Title
Materials processing using abruptly autofocusing beams
Author
Papazoglou, D.G. ; Panagiotopoulos, P. ; Couairon, A. ; Tzortzakis, S.
Author_Institution
Inst. of Electron. Struct. & Laser, Found. for Res. & Technol. Hellas, Heraklion, Greece
fYear
2013
fDate
9-14 June 2013
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
Radially symmetric Airy optical beams exhibit a focus area that is strongly non-symmetric and abrupt. We use this unique feature to precisely deliver energy in the bulk of fused silica without affecting the preceding material.
Keywords
laser beams; laser materials processing; optical focusing; optical materials; silicon compounds; SiO2; abrupt focus area; abruptly autofocusing beams; energy delivery; fused silica bulk; material processing; nonsymmetric focus area; preceding material; radially symmetric airy optical beams; Laser beams; Materials; Nonlinear optics; Optical beams; Optical pulses; Silicon compounds; Ultrafast optics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
6833226
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