Efficient ultrafast laser writing with elliptical polarization

Yuhao Lei; Gholamreza Shayeganrad; Huijun Wang; Masaaki Sakakura; Yanhao Yu; Lei Wang; Dmitrii Kliukin; Linards Skuja; Yuri Svirko; Peter G. Kazansky

doi:10.1038/s41377-023-01098-2

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Efficient ultrafast laser writing with elliptical polarization

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- Efficient ultrafast laser writing with elliptical polarization
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 12, Issue 4, Pages: 605-612(2023)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
  2.Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia, 8 Kengaraga Strasse, Riga LV-1063, Latvia
  3.Institute of Photonics, Department of Physics and Mathematics, University of Eastern Finland, FI-80101 Joensuu, Finland
- Author bio：
  
  Yuhao Lei (yuhao.lei@soton.ac.uk)
  Peter G. Kazansky (pgk@soton.ac.uk)
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- DOI：10.1038/s41377-023-01098-2
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- Published：30 April 2023，
  
  Published Online：15 March 2023，
  
  Received：11 August 2022，
  
  Revised：27 January 2023，
  
  Accepted：6 February 2023
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Lei, Y. H.et al. Efficient ultrafast laser writing with elliptical polarization.Light: Science & Applications,12, 605-612 (2023).
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Lei, Y. H.et al. Efficient ultrafast laser writing with elliptical polarization.Light: Science & Applications,12, 605-612 (2023). DOI： 10.1038/s41377-023-01098-2.

摘要

Abstract

Photosensitivity in nature is commonly associated with stronger light absorption. It is also believed that artificial optical anisotropy to be the strongest when created by light with linear polarization. Contrary to intuition

ultrafast laser direct writing with elliptical polarization in silica glass

while nonlinear absorption is about 2.5 times weaker

results in form birefringence about twice that of linearly polarized light. Moreover

a larger concentration of anisotropic nanopores created by elliptically polarized light pulses is observed. The phenomenon is interpreted in terms of enhanced interaction of circularly polarized light with a network of randomly oriented bonds and hole polarons in silica glass

as well as efficient tunneling ionization produced by circular polarization. Applications to multiplexed optical data storage and birefringence patterning in silica glass are demonstrated.

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