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MATEC Web of Conferences
Volume 8, 2013
Progress in Ultrafast Laser Modifications of Materials
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| Article Number | 04002 | |
| Number of page(s) | 2 | |
| Section | Process characterization and some aspects of femtosecond laser direct writing | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/20130804002 | |
| Published online | 18 November 2013 | |
High-irradiance effects in femosecond laser fabrication
Centre for Micro-Photonics, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia
* e-mail: SJuodkazis@swin.edu.au
Laser micro-fabrication and micro-structuring of materials is usually carried out at the conditions close to the dielectric breakdown. Interplay between multi-photon and avalanche generation of electrons and thermal relaxation become critically important at those conditions in photo-polymerization, waveguide writing in glasses and for creation of new materials at the focal region. Relevant mechanisms of structuring are reviewed and discussed.
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