Single- and multi-scan femtosecond laser writing for selective chemical etching of cross section patternable glass micro-channels

2011 ◽  
Vol 106 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Ho ◽  
Peter R. Herman ◽  
J. Stewart Aitchison
Nanophotonics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tianxin Wang ◽  
Xiaoyi Xu ◽  
Lei Yang ◽  
Shuo Yan ◽  
Xueli Hu ◽  
...  

Abstract We propose and experimentally demonstrate a laser-writing-induced selective chemical etching (LWISCE) technique for effective micro-fabrication of lithium niobate (LN) crystal. Laser writing of LN crystal produces negative domains and domain walls. Also, it causes local lattice defects, in which the etching rates are significantly increased in comparison to the original LN crystal. In experiment, we use the LWISCE technique to fabricate various fork gratings in an X-cut LN crystal for the generation of vortex beams. In comparison to etching an untreated X-cut LN crystal, the etching rates of the laser-writing-induced boundaries and the central laser-irradiated areas are enhanced by a factor of 26 and 16, respectively. The width and depth of fork grating structure can be precisely controlled by laser writing parameters. Our method provides an efficient mask-free micro-fabrication technique for LN crystal, which can be readily applied to other ferroelectric crystals such as lithium tantalate, potassium titanyl phosphate and barium calcium titanate.


2008 ◽  
Vol 2008 ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shigeki Matsuo ◽  
Kensuke Tokumi ◽  
Takuro Tomita ◽  
Shuichi Hashimoto

We applied the femtosecond laser-assisted etching technique, that is, irradiation of focused femtosecond laser pulses followed by selective chemical etching, to volume removal inside sapphire. At room temperature, volume etching only slightly advanced while residue remained inside the volume. By increasing the etching temperature, complete volume etching without residue was achieved. Complete etching was, however, accompanied by undesirable phenomena of surface pits or cracks, which are expected to be excluded through further improvement of processing.


2006 ◽  
Vol 84 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 47-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Hnatovsky ◽  
R.S. Taylor ◽  
E. Simova ◽  
P.P. Rajeev ◽  
D.M. Rayner ◽  
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2004 ◽  
Vol 36 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 353-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Wisz ◽  
T.Ya. Gorbach ◽  
P.S. Smertenko ◽  
A. Blahut ◽  
K. Zembrowska ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-103
Author(s):  
Peng Chen ◽  
Dapeng Xu ◽  
Luke Mawst ◽  
Kimmo Henttinen ◽  
Tommi Suni ◽  
...  

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