It is shown for glass with the composition (molar content) 40P2O1, 55ZnO, 4Ag2O, and 1Ga2O3 that a femtosecond laser beam can form simultaneously in glass luminescent nanoparticles of silver and micron-size birefringent regions, whose properties depend on the polarization and intensity of the laser beam.
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Lipat’ev, A.S., Shakhgil’dyan, G.Y., Lipat’eva, T.O. et al. Formation of Luminescent and Birefringent Microregions in Phosphate Glass Containing Silver. Glass Ceram 73, 277–282 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10717-016-9872-1
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