High-aspect ratio damage and modification in transparent materials by tailored focusing of femtosecond lasers

Brian K. Canfield; Alexander Terekhov; Lino Costa; Lloyd M. Davis

doi:10.1117/12.2536450

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20 November 2019 High-aspect ratio damage and modification in transparent materials by tailored focusing of femtosecond lasers

Brian K. Canfield, Alexander Terekhov, Lino Costa, Lloyd M. Davis

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Proceedings Volume 11173, Laser-induced Damage in Optical Materials 2019; 111730D (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2536450
Event: SPIE Laser Damage, 2019, Broomfield (Boulder area), Colorado, United States

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We discuss studies of laser damage inside various transparent materials (glasses, polymers, sapphire, diamond) caused by femtosecond lasers at 515, 800, and 1030 nm, with nJ to mJ pulse energies, single-shot to 2 MHz repetition rates, single and 10 ns burst-mode pulses, chirped pulses, and linear, circular, and radial beam polarizations. Experiments have created high-aspect damage features and voids using aberration-controlled focusing, axicon-formed Bessel beams with <1 μm diameter central lobes extending hundreds of microns through the materials, and tightly focused lines (~1 μm × <100 μm). Mechanisms include self-focusing, filamentation, and material expansion/compaction and expulsion.

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Brian K. Canfield, Alexander Terekhov, Lino Costa, and Lloyd M. Davis "High-aspect ratio damage and modification in transparent materials by tailored focusing of femtosecond lasers", Proc. SPIE 11173, Laser-induced Damage in Optical Materials 2019, 111730D (20 November 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2536450

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