Title :
Femtosecond laser-induced TiO2 nanostructures on titanium
Author :
Oktem, B. ; Kalaycioglu, H. ; Ilday, F.O.
Author_Institution :
Mater. Sci. & Nanotechnol. Grad. Program, Bilkent Univ., Ankara, Turkey
Abstract :
We report formation of polarization-dependent nanostructures (nanolines, nanocircles) by high repetition-rate femtosecond laser pulses on titanium surface through a novel mechanism, converting Ti to TiO2. Arbitrarily large-area patterns are created by self-stitching of these patterns.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser materials processing; nanostructured materials; titanium compounds; TiO2; femtosecond laser-induced nanostructures; polarization-dependent nanostructures; self-stitching; Laser beams; Nanostructured materials; Nanostructures; Optical pulses; Optical surface waves; Polarization; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor lasers; Surface emitting lasers; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2