Formation of Si nanocrystals in glass by femtosecond laser micromachining

  • Geng Lin
  • , Huaihai Pan
  • , Ye Dai
  • , Fei He
  • , Danping Chen
  • , Ya Cheng
  • , Xiongwei Jiang
  • , Long Zhang
  • , Jianrong Qiu*
  • , Quanzhong Zhao
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We report on the precipitation of Si nanocrystals inside a borosilicate glass by using an 800 nm, 250 kHz femtosecond laser irradiation, which was confirmed with X-ray diffraction, Raman spectra and transmission electron microscopy analyses. Refractive index profile reveals that the refractive index of the Si nanocrystals precipitated region increased up to 8.7% in comparison with that of the unirradiated area, leading to a large diffraction efficiency of the fabricated dot structure. Furthermore, the third-order optical nonlinearity of the Si nanocrystals precipitated glass is greatly enhanced based on the Z-scan measurement. These results may find applications for the fabrication diffractive optical devices and optical switches. Crown

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3544-3547
Number of pages4
JournalMaterials Letters
Volume65
Issue number23-24
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2011
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Laser processing
  • Nanocrystalline materials
  • Optical materials and properties

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