Breaking symmetry in glass by femtosecond laser irradiation

Kazansky, Peter G., Yang, Weijia, Bricchi, Erica, Kitagawa, Ryota and Takebe, Hiromichi (2006) Breaking symmetry in glass by femtosecond laser irradiation. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science (QELS) 2006, Long Beach, USA. 21 - 26 May 2006.

Record type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)

Abstract

It is observed that writing by femtosecond laser from left to right can be different from writing in the opposite direction. Structures with broken mirror symmetry in chalcogenide glass are discovered. Chiral patterns are demonstrated.

Text

3411 - Author's Original

Available under License University of Southampton Accepted Manuscript Licence.

Download (314kB)

More information

Published date: May 2006

Additional Information: CMX5

Venue - Dates: Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science (QELS) 2006, Long Beach, USA, 2006-05-21 - 2006-05-26

Learn more about Optoelectronics Research Centre research