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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
