Beat the diffraction limit in 3D direct laser writing in photosensitive glass
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Optics Express. 2009, vol. 17, n° 12, p. 10304-10318
Optical Society of America - OSA Publishing
Resumen en inglés
Three-dimensional (3D) femtosecond laser direct structuring in transparent materials is widely used for photonic applications. However, the structure size is limited by the optical diffraction. Here we report on a direct ...Leer más >
Three-dimensional (3D) femtosecond laser direct structuring in transparent materials is widely used for photonic applications. However, the structure size is limited by the optical diffraction. Here we report on a direct laser writing technique that produces subwavelength nanostructures independently of the experimental limiting factors. We demonstrate 3D nanostructures of arbitrary patterns with feature sizes down to 80 nm, less than one tenth of the laser processing wavelength. Its ease of implementation for novel nanostructuring, with its accompanying high precision will open new opportunities for the fabrication of nanostructures for plasmonic and photonic devices and for applications in metamaterials.< Leer menos
Palabras clave en inglés
Nonlinear optics
Photosensitive materials
Laser
Glass
Femtosecond phenomena
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