Hybrid laser precision engineering of transparent hard materials: challenges, solutions and applications

H Liu, W Lin, M Hong - Light: Science & Applications, 2021 - nature.com
Laser has been demonstrated to be a mature and versatile tool that presents great flexibility
and applicability for the precision engineering of a wide range of materials over other …

Recent Advances in Femtosecond Laser Processing of LiNbO3 Crystals for Photonic Applications

B Zhang, L Wang, F Chen - Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Femtosecond laser pulses have been extensively employed to achieve 3D micro‐and
nanofabrication in various materials for a broad variety of applications. LiNbO3 crystal is a …

Low-temperature 3D printing of transparent silica glass microstructures

M Li, L Yue, AC Rajan, L Yu, H Sahu… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Transparent silica glass is one of the most essential materials used in society and industry,
owing to its exceptional optical, thermal, and chemical properties. However, glass is …

Biomimetic sapphire windows enabled by inside-out femtosecond laser deep-scribing

XQ Liu, YL Zhang, QK Li, JX Zheng, YM Lu… - PhotoniX, 2022 - Springer
Femtosecond laser machining of biomimetic micro/nanostructures with high aspect ratio
(larger than 10) on ultrahard materials, such as sapphire, is a challenging task, because the …

Femtosecond laser fabrication of refractive/diffractive micro‐optical components on hard brittle materials

JW Tan, G Wang, Y Li, Y Yu… - Laser & Photonics …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Micro‐optical components exhibit significant potential applications in various fields such as
imaging, optical fiber communication, and aerospace owing to their small size, light weight …

Directional sweat transport of monolayered cotton-fabrics fabricated through femtosecond-laser induced hydrophilization for personal moisture and thermal …

B Xu, Y Ding, J Ni, Y Zhang, C Li, S Wu, D Wu… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Personal moisture and thermal management fabrics that can facilitate sweat removal and
regulating skin temperature are highly desired for improving human comfort and …

On-chip beam rotators, adiabatic mode converters, and waveplates through low-loss waveguides with variable cross-sections

B Sun, F Morozko, PS Salter, S Moser, Z Pong… - Light: Science & …, 2022 - nature.com
Photonics integrated circuitry would benefit considerably from the ability to arbitrarily control
waveguide cross-sections with high precision and low loss, in order to provide more …

Smart compound eyes enable tunable imaging

ZC Ma, XY Hu, YL Zhang, XQ Liu… - Advanced Functional …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Compound eyes are natural multiaperture optical imaging systems and have substantial
potential in the field of modern optics. However, both natural and artificial compound eyes …

Advances in fabrication of micro-optical components by femtosecond laser with etching technology

JX Zheng, KS Tian, JY Qi, MR Guo, XQ Liu - Optics & Laser Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
With advantages of small size, light weight, flexible design, and easy mass production, micro-
optical components of hard materials have a wide range of potential applications in artificial …

Optical nanofabrication of concave microlens arrays

XQ Liu, L Yu, SN Yang, QD Chen… - Laser & Photonics …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
For the simple and versatile fabrication of nanosmooth finished microlens arrays on hard
materials, an approach combining femtosecond laser modification with subsequent ion …