Zukerstein, M.; Zhukov, V.P.; Meshcheryakov, Y.P.; Bulgakova, N.M. From Localized Laser Energy Absorption to Absorption Delocalization at Volumetric Glass Modification with Gaussian and Doughnut-Shaped Pulses. Photonics2023, 10, 882.
Zukerstein, M.; Zhukov, V.P.; Meshcheryakov, Y.P.; Bulgakova, N.M. From Localized Laser Energy Absorption to Absorption Delocalization at Volumetric Glass Modification with Gaussian and Doughnut-Shaped Pulses. Photonics 2023, 10, 882.
Zukerstein, M.; Zhukov, V.P.; Meshcheryakov, Y.P.; Bulgakova, N.M. From Localized Laser Energy Absorption to Absorption Delocalization at Volumetric Glass Modification with Gaussian and Doughnut-Shaped Pulses. Photonics2023, 10, 882.
Zukerstein, M.; Zhukov, V.P.; Meshcheryakov, Y.P.; Bulgakova, N.M. From Localized Laser Energy Absorption to Absorption Delocalization at Volumetric Glass Modification with Gaussian and Doughnut-Shaped Pulses. Photonics 2023, 10, 882.
Abstract
Volumetric modification of transparent materials by femtosecond laser pulses is successfully used in a wide range of practical applications. The level of modification is determined by the locally absorbed energy density, which depends on numerous factors. In this work, it is shown experimentally and theoretically that, in a certain range of laser pulse energies, the peak of absorption of laser radiation for doughnut-shaped (DS) pulses is several times higher than for Gaussian ones. This makes the DS pulses very attractive for material modification and direct laser writing applications. Details of the interaction of laser pulses of Gaussian and doughnut shapes with fused silica obtained by numerical simulations are presented for different pulse energies and compared with the experimentally obtained data. The effect of absorbed energy delocalization with increasing laser pulse energy is demonstrated for both beam shapes while, at relatively low pulse energies, the DS beam geometry provides a stronger local absorption compared to Gaussian one. Implications of a DS pulse action on post-irradiation material evolution are discussed based on thermoelastoplastic modeling.
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