Quantized structuring of transparent films with femtosecond laser interference

Light: Science and Applications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Kumar, Kitty ^a   Lee, Kenneth Kc ^a   Li, Jianzhao ^a   Nogami, Jun ^a   Kherani, Nazir P ^a   Herman, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

blistering; dielectrics; laser processing; quantized etching; subwavelength processing; thin films

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER TISSUE INTERACTION; NANOFLUIDICS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL FILMS; PLASMA INTERACTIONS; PULSED LASERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THIN FILMS; ULTRAFAST LASERS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

BLISTERING; FABRY PEROT INTERFERENCE; FILM/SUBSTRATE INTERFACE; HIGH-RESOLUTION PATTERNING; LASER PROCESS; NONLINEAR INTERACTIONS; SUB-WAVELENGTH; THREE-DIMENSIONAL SURFACE;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EID: 84896382773     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20477538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/lsa.2014.38     Document Type: Article

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