Femtosecond laser microstructuring: an enabling tool for optofluidic lab‐on‐chips

R Osellame, HJWM Hoekstra… - Laser & Photonics …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
This paper provides an overview of the rather new field concerning the applications of
femtosecond laser microstructuring of glass to optofluidics. Femtosecond lasers have …

Ultrafast laser inscription: perspectives on future integrated applications

D Choudhury, JR Macdonald… - Laser & Photonics …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
This paper reviews the recent advancements achieved using ultrafast laser inscription (ULI)
that highlight the cross‐disciplinary potential of the technology. An overview of waveguide …

Fabrication of high-aspect ratio, micro-fluidic channels and tunnels using femtosecond laser pulses and chemical etching

Y Bellouard, A Said, M Dugan, P Bado - Optics express, 2004 - opg.optica.org
We present novel results obtained in the fabrication of high-aspect ratio micro-fluidic
microstructures chemically etched from fused silica substrates locally exposed to …

Optically produced arrays of planar nanostructures inside fused silica

VR Bhardwaj, E Simova, PP Rajeev, C Hnatovsky… - Physical review …, 2006 - APS
Linearly polarized femtosecond light pulses, focused inside fused silica to an intensity that
leads to multiphoton ionization, produce arrayed planes of modified material having their …

Applications of femtosecond laser induced self‐organized planar nanocracks inside fused silica glass

R Taylor, C Hnatovsky, E Simova - Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
We review our recent experimental efforts towards develo** photonic and biophotonic
applications of femtosecond laser induced self‐organized planar nanocracks inside fused …

Fabrication of microchannels in glass using focused femtosecond laser radiation and selective chemical etching

C Hnatovsky, RS Taylor, E Simova, PP Rajeev… - Applied Physics A, 2006 - Springer
We use the combination of femtosecond laser dielectric modification and selective chemical
etching to fabricate high-quality microchannels in glass. The photoinduced modification …

Pulse duration dependence of femtosecond-laser-fabricated nanogratings in fused silica

C Hnatovsky, RS Taylor, PP Rajeev, E Simova… - Applied Physics …, 2005 - pubs.aip.org
Femtosecond laser radiation tightly focused in bulk fused silica is used to generate self-
ordered nanogratings when the sample is translated under the lens at constant speed. The …

Polarization-selective etching in femtosecond laser-assisted microfluidic channel fabrication in fused silica

C Hnatovsky, RS Taylor, E Simova, VR Bhardwaj… - Optics letters, 2005 - opg.optica.org
We fabricate microchannels in fused silica by femtosecond laser irradiation followed by
etching in diluted hydrofluoric acid. We show a dramatic dependence of the etch rate on the …

[HTML][HTML] Nanogratings in fused silica: Formation, control, and applications

S Richter, M Heinrich, S Döring… - Journal of Laser …, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
The authors investigated the formation of periodic subwavelength structures, so-called
nanogratings, in the volume of fused silica. These self-organized structures emerge upon …

Femtosecond laser fabrication of tubular waveguides in poly (methyl methacrylate)

A Zoubir, C Lopez, M Richardson, K Richardson - Optics letters, 2004 - opg.optica.org
Femtosecond laser direct writing is employed for the fabrication of buried tubular
waveguides in bulk poly (methyl methacrylate). A novel technique using selective chemical …