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Giant birefringence and dichroism induced by ultrafast laser pulses in hydrogenated amorphous silicon

Giant birefringence and dichroism induced by ultrafast laser pulses in hydrogenated amorphous silicon
Giant birefringence and dichroism induced by ultrafast laser pulses in hydrogenated amorphous silicon
A femto- and picosecond laser assisted periodic nanostructuring of hydrogenated amorphous silicon (α-Si:H) is demonstrated. The grating structure with the subwavelength modulation of refractive index shows form birefringence (Delta.n ~ -0.6) which is two orders of magnitude higher than commonly observed in uniaxial crystals and femtosecond laser nanostructured silica glass. The laser-induced giant birefringence and dichroism in α-Si:H film introduce extra dimensions to the polarization sensitive laser writing with applications that include data storage, security marking, and flat optics.
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Drevinskas, Rokas, Beresna, Martynas, Gecevičius, Mindaugas, Khenkin, Mark, Kazanskii, Andrey G., Matulaitienė, Ieva, Niaura, Gediminas, Konkov, Oleg I., Terukov, Eugene I., Svirko, Yu. P. and Kazansky, Peter G. (2015) Giant birefringence and dichroism induced by ultrafast laser pulses in hydrogenated amorphous silicon. Applied Physics Letters, 106 (17), 1-6. (doi:10.1063/1.4919538).

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Abstract

A femto- and picosecond laser assisted periodic nanostructuring of hydrogenated amorphous silicon (α-Si:H) is demonstrated. The grating structure with the subwavelength modulation of refractive index shows form birefringence (Delta.n ~ -0.6) which is two orders of magnitude higher than commonly observed in uniaxial crystals and femtosecond laser nanostructured silica glass. The laser-induced giant birefringence and dichroism in α-Si:H film introduce extra dimensions to the polarization sensitive laser writing with applications that include data storage, security marking, and flat optics.

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Accepted/In Press date: 20 April 2015
Published date: 27 April 2015
Organisations: Optoelectronics Research Centre

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Local EPrints ID: 378660
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/378660
ISSN: 0003-6951
PURE UUID: e92e73be-a8d5-4e7f-8d5b-68dca6146a8a

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Date deposited: 10 Jul 2015 14:12
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 20:26

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Author: Rokas Drevinskas
Author: Martynas Beresna
Author: Mindaugas Gecevičius
Author: Mark Khenkin
Author: Andrey G. Kazanskii
Author: Ieva Matulaitienė
Author: Gediminas Niaura
Author: Oleg I. Konkov
Author: Eugene I. Terukov
Author: Yu. P. Svirko
Author: Peter G. Kazansky

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