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Phase Transformations Under the Action of Femtosecond Pulses in ZnO–MgO–Al2O3–SiO2 Sitalls

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The influence of femtosecond laser micromachining in thermal and athermal regimes on the structure of a transparent glass-ceramic based on the ZnO–MgO–Al2O3–SiO2 system, which is characterized by heightened mechanical strength and hardness, was studied. Amorphization of nanosized granite ZnAl2O4 crystals, which occurs under the action of laser pulses, is confirmed by means of electron microscopy and electron diffraction. Quantitative phase microscopy was used to assess the change in the refractive index in the tracks written by a laser beam. In an athermal regime, at pulse repetition frequency 10 kHz, the full amorphization of the crystalline phase in the laser processing region in the bulk of the sitall effects an increase in the refractive index by ∆n = 0.0007. The results obtained expand the potential areas of application of transparent sitalls with heightened strength and open up the possibility of forming channel waveguides in their bulk by means of direct laser writing.

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This work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (agreement No. 19-19-00613-P).

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    V. N. Sigaeva, A. S. Naumov, A. S. Lipat’ev, G. Yu. Shakhgil’dyan, S. V. Lotarev & S. S. Fedotov

  2. All-Russia Scientific-Research Institute of Aviation Materials, National Research Center Kurchatov Institute (NRC Kurchatov Institute– VIAM), Moscow, Russia

    I. A. Karateev

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Translated from Steklo i Keramika, No. 1, pp. 3 – 11, January, 2023.

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Sigaeva, V.N., Naumov, A.S., Lipat’ev, A.S. et al. Phase Transformations Under the Action of Femtosecond Pulses in ZnO–MgO–Al2O3–SiO2 Sitalls. Glass Ceram 80, 3–8 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10717-023-00546-0

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