• 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