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Optical Materials Express

  • Editor: David J. Hagan
  • Vol. 1, Iss. 6 — Oct. 1, 2011
  • pp: 1150–1158

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Observation of O2 inside voids formed in GeO2 glass by tightly-focused fs-laser pulses

Lena Bressel, Dominique de Ligny, Eugene G. Gamaly, Andrei V. Rode, and Saulius Juodkazis  »View Author Affiliations


Optical Materials Express, Vol. 1, Issue 6, pp. 1150-1158 (2011)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OME.1.001150


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Abstract

Unusual generation of molecular oxygen confined in a void inside the bulk of GeO2 glass is observed with the Raman spectroscopy. The voids are formed by single tightly-focussed femtosecond laser pulses, converting a host glass material into a high temperature plasma, which explodes creating a void and inducing unexpected phase transformations. The intensity of the 1556 cm−1 Raman line, that is a signature of molecular oxygen, increases with pulse energy. The mechanism of O2 formation and material synthesis in plasma is presented and its relevance to fundamental problems of matter at high pressure and temperature conditions and subject to geo-physical sciences is discussed.

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OCIS Codes
(140.3390) Lasers and laser optics : Laser materials processing
(140.3440) Lasers and laser optics : Laser-induced breakdown
(160.2750) Materials : Glass and other amorphous materials
(350.3850) Other areas of optics : Materials processing
(160.1245) Materials : Artificially engineered materials

ToC Category:
Artificially Engineered Structures

History
Original Manuscript: August 10, 2011
Revised Manuscript: September 11, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: September 20, 2011
Published: September 28, 2011

Citation
Lena Bressel, Dominique de Ligny, Eugene G. Gamaly, Andrei V. Rode, and Saulius Juodkazis, "Observation of O2 inside voids formed in GeO2 glass by tightly-focused fs-laser pulses," Opt. Mater. Express 1, 1150-1158 (2011)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ome/abstract.cfm?URI=ome-1-6-1150


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