Evolution of Femtosecond Laser-Induced Surface Ripples on Lithium Niobate Crystal Surfaces
Evolution of Femtosecond Laser-Induced Surface Ripples on Lithium Niobate Crystal Surfaces
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DOI:
10.7567/apex.6.112701
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发表时间:
2013-11
影响因子:
2.3
通讯作者:
H. Shimizu;G. Obara;M. Terakawa;E. Mazur;M. Obara
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作者:
H. Shimizu;G. Obara;M. Terakawa;E. Mazur;M. Obara
We fabricated periodic ripple structures on the surface of a lithium niobate crystal by irradiation with femtosecond laser pulses and observed the evolution of these structures under irradiation with successive laser pulses. After just a few laser pulses we observed nanorod-shaped craters, aligned with each other but randomly distributed over the surface. The nanocraters are caused by nanoablation at defects in the crystal surface. With increasing pulse number, side-lobed nanocraters appear and light scattered from the initial nanorod-shaped craters at the crystal surface interferes with the incident light, causing the formation of periodic structures.