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Optics Express

  • Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
  • Vol. 16, Iss. 26 — Dec. 22, 2008
  • pp: 21914–21921

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Large enhancement of femtosecond laser micromachining speed in dye-doped hydrogel polymers

Li Ding, Dharmendra Jani, Jeffrey Linhardt, Jay F. Künzler, Siddhesh Pawar, Glen Labenski, Thomas Smith, and Wayne H. Knox  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 16, Issue 26, pp. 21914-21921 (2008)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.16.021914


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Abstract

Ophthalmologic hydrogel polymers are doped with Fluorescein or Coumarin dyes prior to the femtosecond laser micromachining process. We find that the achievable micromachining writing speed can be greatly increased while maintaining large refractive index changes (up to +0.08). Compared with previous results in dye-doped polymers that do not contain water such as PMMA, we obtain much larger index changes and much faster writing speeds.

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OCIS Codes
(140.3390) Lasers and laser optics : Laser materials processing
(160.5470) Materials : Polymers
(320.7110) Ultrafast optics : Ultrafast nonlinear optics

ToC Category:
Laser Micromachining

History
Original Manuscript: November 7, 2008
Revised Manuscript: December 14, 2008
Manuscript Accepted: December 15, 2008
Published: December 17, 2008

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Vol. 4, Iss. 2 Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics

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Li Ding, Dharmendra Jani, Jeffrey Linhardt, Jay F. Künzler, Siddhesh Pawar, Glen Labenski, Thomas Smith, and Wayne H. Knox, "Large enhancement of femtosecond laser micromachining speed in dye-doped hydrogel polymers," Opt. Express 16, 21914-21921 (2008)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-16-26-21914


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