Femtosecond-laser ablation dynamics of dielectrics: basics and applications for thin films

P Balling, J Schou - Reports on progress in physics, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Laser ablation of dielectrics by ultrashort laser pulses is reviewed. The basic interaction
between ultrashort light pulses and the dielectric material is described, and different …

Spontaneous periodic ordering on the surface and in the bulk of dielectrics irradiated by ultrafast laser: a shared electromagnetic origin

A Rudenko, JP Colombier, S Höhm, A Rosenfeld… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Periodic self-organization of matter beyond the diffraction limit is a puzzling phenomenon,
typical both for surface and bulk ultrashort laser processing. Here we compare the …

Understanding all-optical switching at the epsilon-near-zero point: a tutorial review

C Fruhling, MG Ozlu, S Saha, A Boltasseva… - Applied Physics B, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) materials that operate in the spectral region where the real
part of the permittivity crosses zero have recently emerged as a promising platform for all …

Femtosecond laser-induced periodic surface structures on silica

S Höhm, A Rosenfeld, J Krüger, J Bonse - Journal of Applied Physics, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
The formation of laser-induced periodic surface structures (LIPSS) on two different silica
polymorphs (single-crystalline synthetic quartz and commercial fused silica glass) upon …

Laser-induced damage thresholds of bulk and coating optical materials at 1030 nm, 500 fs

L Gallais, M Commandré - Applied optics, 2014 - opg.optica.org
We report on extensive femtosecond laser damage threshold measurements of optical
materials in both bulk and thin-film form. This study, which is based on published and new …

Wavelength dependence of femtosecond laser-induced breakdown in water and implications for laser surgery

N Linz, S Freidank, XX Liang, A Vogel - Physical Review B, 2016 - APS
The wavelength dependence of the threshold for femtosecond optical breakdown in water
provides information on the interplay of multiphoton, tunneling, and avalanche ionization …

Modification of transparent materials with ultrashort laser pulses: What is energetically and mechanically meaningful?

NM Bulgakova, VP Zhukov, SV Sonina… - Journal of Applied …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
A comprehensive analysis of laser-induced modification of bulk glass by single ultrashort
laser pulses is presented which is based on combination of optical Maxwell-based modeling …

Formation of laser-induced periodic surface structures on fused silica upon multiple cross-polarized double-femtosecond-laser-pulse irradiation sequences

M Rohloff, SK Das, S Höhm, R Grunwald… - Journal of Applied …, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
The formation of laser-induced periodic surface structures (LIPSS) upon irradiation of fused
silica with multiple irradiation sequences consisting of five Ti: sapphire femtosecond (fs) …

Simultaneous time-space resolved reflectivity and interferometric measurements of dielectrics excited with femtosecond laser pulses

M García-Lechuga, L Haahr-Lillevang, J Siegel… - Physical Review B, 2017 - APS
Simultaneous time-and-space resolved reflectivity and interferometric measurements over a
temporal span of 300 ps have been performed in fused silica and sapphire samples excited …

Femtosecond diffraction dynamics of laser-induced periodic surface structures on fused silica

S Höhm, A Rosenfeld, J Krüger, J Bonse - Applied Physics Letters, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
The formation of laser-induced periodic surface structures (LIPSS) on fused silica upon
irradiation with linearly polarized fs-laser pulses (50 fs pulse duration, 800 nm center …