"Quill" writing with ultrashort light pulses in transparent materials

A remarkable phenomenon in ultrafast laser processing of transparent materials, in particular, silica glass, manifested as a change in material modification by reversing the writing direction is observed. The effect resembles writing with a quill pen and is interpreted in terms of anisotropic trappi...

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Main Authors: Kazansky, P.G (Author), Yang, W. (Author), Bricchi, E. (Author), Bovatsek, J. (Author), Arai, A. (Author), Shimotsuma, Y. (Author), Miura, K. (Author), Hirao, K. (Author)
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Language:English
Published: 2007-04-09.
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