Title

Photo-induced structural changes in glass

Authors

Authors

M. Richardson; L. Shah; J. Tawney; A. Zoubir; C. Rivera; C. Lopez;K. Richardson

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Glass Sci. Technol.

Keywords

femtosecond; micromachining; silicate; chalcogenide; composite; materials; deep-hole drilling; waveguides; gratings; material ablation; FEMTOSECOND LASER-PULSES; FABRICATION; Materials Science, Ceramics

Abstract

This paper describes the application of femtosecond laser techniques to producing structural changes in transparent media, particularly various types of glasses, including soda lime and lead silicate glasses and chalcogenide glasses. Two processes that involve material ablation are investigated, deep-hole drilling in millimeter-thick materials and rapid micro-via or grating fabrication at the micron level. In addition we describe the fabrication of micron-scale optical waveguides in thin film photo-sensitive glasses by inducing structural changes that change the refractive index of the material.

Journal Title

Glass Science and Technology

Volume

75

Publication Date

1-1-2002

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Language

English

First Page

121

Last Page

130

WOS Identifier

WOS:000184701000014

ISSN

0946-7475

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