Tailored surface birefringence by femtosecond laser assisted wet etching
Tailored surface birefringence by femtosecond laser assisted wet etching
Surface texturing is demonstrated by the combination of wet etching and ultrafast laser nanostructuring of silica glass. Using potassium hydroxide (KOH) at room temperature as an etchant of laser modified glass, we show the polarization dependent linear increase in retardance reaching a threefold value within 25 hours. The dispersion control of birefringence by the etching procedure led to achromatic behaviour over the entire visible spectral range. The mechanism of enhanced KOH etching selectivity after femtosecond laser exposure is discussed and correlated to the formation of various laser-induced defects, such as silicon-rich oxygen deficiency and color centers.
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Drevinskas, Rokas
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Gecevičius, Mindaugas
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Beresna, Martynas
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Bellouard, Yves
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Kazansky, Peter G.
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26 January 2015
Drevinskas, Rokas
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Gecevičius, Mindaugas
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Beresna, Martynas
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Bellouard, Yves
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Kazansky, Peter G.
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Drevinskas, Rokas, Gecevičius, Mindaugas, Beresna, Martynas, Bellouard, Yves and Kazansky, Peter G.
(2015)
Tailored surface birefringence by femtosecond laser assisted wet etching.
Optics Express, 23 (2), .
(doi:10.1364/OE.23.001428).
Abstract
Surface texturing is demonstrated by the combination of wet etching and ultrafast laser nanostructuring of silica glass. Using potassium hydroxide (KOH) at room temperature as an etchant of laser modified glass, we show the polarization dependent linear increase in retardance reaching a threefold value within 25 hours. The dispersion control of birefringence by the etching procedure led to achromatic behaviour over the entire visible spectral range. The mechanism of enhanced KOH etching selectivity after femtosecond laser exposure is discussed and correlated to the formation of various laser-induced defects, such as silicon-rich oxygen deficiency and color centers.
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Accepted/In Press date: 17 November 2014
e-pub ahead of print date: 21 January 2015
Published date: 26 January 2015
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/378394
ISSN: 1094-4087
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Mindaugas Gecevičius
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Martynas Beresna
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Peter G. Kazansky
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