Standing electron plasma wave mechanism of void array formation inside glass by femtosecond laser irradiation

Haiyi Sun, Juan Song, Chengbin Li, Jian Xu, Xinshun Wang, Ya Cheng, Zhizhan Xu, Jianrong Qiu, Tianqing Jia

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Abstract

We investigate the mechanism of formation of periodic void arrays inside fused silica and BK7 glass irradiated by a tightly focused femtosecond (fs) laser beam. Our results show that the period of each void array is not uniform along the laser propagation direction, and the average period of the void array decreases with increasing pulse number and pulse energy. We propose a mechanism in which a standing electron plasma wave created by the interference of a fs-laser-driven electron wave and its reflected wave is responsible for the formation of the periodic void arrays.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)285-288
Number of pages4
JournalApplied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing
Volume88
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2007
Externally publishedYes

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