Optical absorption of two dimensional periodic microstructures on ZnO crystal fabricated by the interference of two femtosecond laser beams

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 14401-14408

  Jia, Xin ^a   Jia, Tianqing ^a   Zhang, Yi ^a   Xiong, Pingxin ^a   Feng, Donghai ^a   Sun, Zhenrong ^a   Xu, Zhizhan ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FABRICATION; FEMTOSECOND LASERS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MICROSTRUCTURE; REFLECTION; ZINC OXIDE;

CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; MIE SCATTERING; PERIODIC MICROSTRUCTURE; PERIODIC RIPPLES; SURFACE MICROSTRUCTURES; TRANSMISSIVITY; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D); VISIBLE LIGHT;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 78751483884     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.014401     Document Type: Article

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