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Ultrafast Defect Manipulation with Optical Anisotropy in Fused Silica

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Yasuhiko Shimotsuma ,
Masaaki Sakakura ,
Peter G. Kazansky ,
Kiyotaka Miura  and
Kazuyuki Hirao
Yasuhiko Shimotsuma
Affiliation:
[email protected]@collon1.kuic.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Masaaki Sakakura
Affiliation:
[email protected], Kyoto University, Innovative Collaboration Center, Kyoto, Japan
Peter G. Kazansky
Affiliation:
[email protected], University of Southampton, Optoelectronics Research Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom
Kiyotaka Miura
Affiliation:
[email protected], Kyoto University, Department of Material Chemistry, Kyoto, Japan
Kazuyuki Hirao
Affiliation:
[email protected], Kyoto University, Department of Material Chemistry, Kyoto, Japan
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Abstract

We report the evidence that the oxygen defects induced by focusing an intense infrared femtosecond laser pulse in fused silica can be self-organized by the interference pattern between photon and electron plasma wave. Self-organized nanostructure with a sub-wavelength modulation in refractive index exhibits form birefringence which is rewritable and directionally-controllable. Intriguingly, such optical anisotropy, which indicates a remarkable non-reciprocity, has initially evolved from residual birefringence originated from internal stress distribution due to local heating followed by structural change, regardless of interpulse time. This anisotropic light-matter interaction could be interpreted in terms of an asymmetric relation between light polarization and pulse front tilt. Apart from fundamental understanding of self-organization mechanism, the direction of encoded birefringence can introduce an entirely new concept for rewritable optical storage beyond the diffraction limit of light.

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lasernanostructureamorphous
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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1230: Symposium MM – Ultrafast Processes in Materials Science , 2009 , 1230-MM07-05
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2010

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