Ultrafast laser direct writing nanogratings and their engineering in transparent materials

H Yao, D Pugliese, M Lancry… - Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Femtosecond laser direct writing is a powerful technique for fabricating micro‐nano devices
as it can modify the interior of transparent optical materials in a spatially selective manner …

Materials roadmap for inscription of nanogratings inside transparent dielectrics using ultrafast lasers

H Yao, Q **e, M Cavillon, Y Dai, M Lancry - Progress in Materials Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract 20 years ago, volume nanogratings were discovered in silica glass upon ultrafast
laser irradiation. Since then, these extraordinary self-organised and birefringent structures …

Femtosecond laser induced phenomena in transparent solid materials: Fundamentals and applications

D Tan, KN Sharafudeen, Y Yue, J Qiu - Progress in Materials Science, 2016 - Elsevier
The interaction of intense femtosecond laser pulses with transparent materials is a topic that
has caused great interest of scientists over the past two decades. It will continue to be a …

Ultrafast nanoporous silica formation driven by femtosecond laser irradiation

M Lancry, B Poumellec, J Canning… - Laser & Photonics …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
A type of glass modifications occurring after femto‐second laser irradiation gives rise to
strong (10− 2) from birefringence. This form birefringence is thought to be related to index …

Extreme environment sensing using femtosecond laser-inscribed fiber Bragg gratings

SJ Mihailov, D Grobnic, C Hnatovsky, RB Walker, P Lu… - Sensors, 2017 - mdpi.com
The femtosecond laser-induced fiber Bragg grating is an effective sensor technology that
can be deployed in harsh environments. Depending on the optical fiber chosen and the …

Phase singularities and optical vortices in photonics

AP Porfirev, AA Kuchmizhak, SO Gurbatov… - Phys. Usp, 2022 - ufn.ru
Since the second half of the 20th century, ideas to develop methods for the formation of
optical vortices (OVs) or OV beams–regions of circular motion of energy flow in an …

Spectral-temporal-spatial customization via modulating multimodal nonlinear pulse propagation

T Qiu, H Cao, K Liu, LY Yu, M Levy, E Lendaro… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Multimode fibers (MMFs) are gaining renewed interest for nonlinear effects due to their high-
dimensional spatiotemporal nonlinear dynamics and scalability for high power. High …

From random inhomogeneities to periodic nanostructures induced in bulk silica by ultrashort laser

A Rudenko, JP Colombier, TE Itina - Physical Review B, 2016 - APS
Femtosecond laser-induced volume nanograting formation is numerically investigated. The
developed model solves nonlinear Maxwell's equations coupled with multiple rate free …

Modification thresholds in femtosecond laser processing of pure silica: review of dependencies on laser parameters

B Poumellec, M Lancry, A Chahid-Erraji… - Optical Materials …, 2011 - opg.optica.org
Modification thresholds in femtosecond laser processing of pure silica: review of dependencies
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Laser induced nanogratings beyond fused silica-periodic nanostructures in borosilicate glasses and ULE™

S Richter, C Miese, S Döring, F Zimmermann… - Optical Materials …, 2013 - opg.optica.org
We report on the ultrashort pulse laser induced formation of birefringent structures in the
volume of different glasses: Borofloat 33, BK7 and ULE™. Using polarization contrast and …