Microexplosions in tellurite glasses |
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Authors: | SK Sundaram CB Schaffer E Mazur |
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Institution: | (1) Environmental Technology Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 993522, USA, US;(2) Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, CA 92093, USA, US;(3) Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA, US |
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Abstract: | Femtosecond laser pulses were used to produce localized damage in the bulk and near the surface of baseline, Al2O3-doped and La2O3-doped sodium tellurite glasses. Single or multiple laser pulses were non-linearly absorbed in the focal volume by the glass,
leading to permanent changes in the material in the focal volume. These changes were caused by an explosive expansion of the
ionized material in the focal volume into the surrounding material, i.e. a microexplosion. The writing of simple structures
(periodic array of voxels, as well as lines) was demonstrated. The regions of microexplosion and writing were subsequently
characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive spectrometry (EDS) and atomic force microscopy (AFM).
Fingerprints of microexplosions (concentric lines within the region and a concentric ring outside the region), due to the
shock wave generated during microexplosions, were evident. In the case of the baseline glass, no chemistry change was observed
within the region of the microexplosion. However, Al2O3-doped and La2O3-doped glasses showed depletion of the dopant from the edge to the center of the region of the microexplosions, indicating
a chemistry gradient within the regions. Interrogation of the bulk- and laser-treated regions using micro-Raman spectroscopy
revealed no structural change due to the microexplosions and writing within these glasses.
Received: 27 December 2001 / Accepted: 9 July 2002 / Published online: 25 October 2002
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Keywords: | PACS: 61 80 Ba 68 37 Hk 68 37 Ps 61 43 Fs |
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