Femtosecond laser-induced periodic structures: mechanisms, techniques, and applications

Yuchan Zhang; Qilin Jiang; Mingquan Long; Ruozhong Han; Kaiqiang Cao; Shian Zhang; Donghai Feng; Tianqing Jia; Zhenrong Sun; Jianrong Qiu; Hongxing Xu

doi:10.29026/oes.2022.220005

Opto-Electronic Science (Jun 2022)

Femtosecond laser-induced periodic structures: mechanisms, techniques, and applications

Yuchan Zhang,
Qilin Jiang,
Mingquan Long,
Ruozhong Han,
Kaiqiang Cao,
Shian Zhang,
Donghai Feng,
Tianqing Jia,
Zhenrong Sun,
Jianrong Qiu,
Hongxing Xu

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Yuchan Zhang: State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, School of Physics and Materials Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
Qilin Jiang: State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, School of Physics and Materials Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
Mingquan Long: State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, School of Physics and Materials Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
Ruozhong Han: State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, School of Physics and Materials Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
Kaiqiang Cao: State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, School of Physics and Materials Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
Shian Zhang: State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, School of Physics and Materials Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
Donghai Feng: State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, School of Physics and Materials Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
Tianqing Jia: State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, School of Physics and Materials Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
Zhenrong Sun: State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, School of Physics and Materials Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
Jianrong Qiu: State Key Laboratory of Optical Instrumentation, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
Hongxing Xu: State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, School of Physics and Materials Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.29026/oes.2022.220005
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 1, no. 6
pp. 1 – 21

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Over the past two decades, femtosecond laser-induced periodic structures (femtosecond-LIPSs) have become ubiquitous in a variety of materials, including metals, semiconductors, dielectrics, and polymers. Femtosecond-LIPSs have become a useful laser processing method, with broad prospects in adjusting material properties such as structural color, data storage, light absorption, and luminescence. This review discusses the formation mechanism of LIPSs, specifically the LIPS formation processes based on the pump-probe imaging method. The pulse shaping of a femtosecond laser in terms of the time/frequency, polarization, and spatial distribution is an efficient method for fabricating high-quality LIPSs. Various LIPS applications are also briefly introduced. The last part of this paper discusses the LIPS formation mechanism, as well as the high-efficiency and high-quality processing of LIPSs using shaped ultrafast lasers and their applications.

Published in Opto-Electronic Science

ISSN: 2097-0382 (Print)
Publisher: Editorial Office of Opto-Electronic Journals, Institute of Optics and Electronics, CAS, China
Country of publisher: China
LCC subjects: Science: Physics: Optics. Light; Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General): Applied optics. Photonics
Website: https://www.oejournal.org/oes

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