Controlling atomic species migration in laser irradiated glasses

该项目旨在确定普通玻璃成分对期望光学性能的作用。全球50多个主要研究小组和众多商业初创企业正在追求超快激光刻字，这是一种用于在透明玻璃块内创建复杂三维光学电路的制造平台。然而，尽管成功使用，我们仍然不明白为什么类似的玻璃类型反应不同，我们仅限于使用为其他目的量身定制的通用玻璃。这个项目将指导未来玻璃的选择，并揭示如何设计材料来补充这个制造平台。

This project aims to determine the role of common glass constituents on desired optical properties. More than 50 major research groups and numerous commercial start-ups worldwide are pursuing ultrafast laser inscription, an enabling manufacturing platform used to create complex three-dimensional optical circuits inside transparent blocks of glass. However, although successfully used, we still don’t understand why similar glass types react differently, and we are limited to using generic glasses tailor-made for other purposes. This project will guide future choice of glasses and reveal how to engineer materials that complement this fabrication platform.