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On the role of nanopore formation and evolution in multi-pulse laser nanostructuring of glasses

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Laser nanostructuring of glasses has attracted particular attention during laser decades due to its numerous applications in optics, telecommunications, sensing, nanofluidics, as well as in the development of nanocomposite materials. Despite a significant progress achieved in this field with the development and use of femtosecond laser systems, many questions remain puzzling. This study is focused on the numerical modeling of ultrashort laser interactions with glasses. Firstly, we consider laser light propagation and nonlinear ionization. Then, nanocavitation processes in glasses are modeled, followed by the hydrodynamic evolution of pores and cavities. The required conditions for nanopore formation and volume nanogratings erasure in the typical femtosecond laser-irradiation regimes are discussed in the frame of the developed model.

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Acknowledgements

H. M. acknowledges the French Ministry of Science and Education for his PhD scholarship. A. R. acknowledges the support of LABEX MANUTECH SISE (ANR-10-LABEX-0075) of Université de Lyon, within the program Investissements d’Avenir (ANR-11-IDEX-0007) operated by the French National Research Agency (ANR) during his PhD thesis. T. E. I. gratefully aknowledges the ITMO Fellowship Professorship program. We are also grateful to PHC “Kolmogorov” FormaLas Project and to the CINES project A002085015 in France for providing computer time.

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    Anton Rudenko, Hongfeng Ma, Vadim P. Veiko, Jean-Philippe Colombier & Tatiana E. Itina

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    Vadim P. Veiko & Tatiana E. Itina

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Rudenko, A., Ma, H., Veiko, V.P. et al. On the role of nanopore formation and evolution in multi-pulse laser nanostructuring of glasses. Appl. Phys. A 124, 63 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-017-1492-2

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