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Erasable and rewritable laser-induced gratings on silver phosphate glass

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We herein report on the fabrication of high regularity, erasable and rewritable periodic surface patterns on silver metaphosphate glass (AgPO3) by means of ultrashort pulsed laser processing. The laser-induced periodic surface structures (LIPSS) are formed perpendicular to the laser beam polarization, exhibiting a periodicity similar to the laser wavelength. Notably, the so-formed periodic patterns can be readily erased upon further exposure to femtosecond laser irradiation under controlled conditions. This all-laser inscription and deletion protocol allows the reversible patterning of the phosphate glass surface by employing a single laser beam. Optical and Raman spectroscopy revealed that the formation of the periodic patterns and the erasing process do not cause any phosphate network modifications or structural damage on the glass, and thus, proving that the demonstrated reversible LIPSS process is entirely non-ablative. This remarkable feature could enable infinite cycles of the write/erase/re-write process on the same area of the glassy material, posing the AgPO3 glass as an important candidate for waveguides and optical responsive memory components of advanced photonic applications.

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank A. Manousaki (IESL, FORTH) for her technical assistance with SEM studies, and Dr. G. Kenanakis (IESL, FORTH) for providing access to Raman facilities. This work was conducted at the Ultraviolet Laser Facility at FORTH-IESL, partially supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme LASERLAB-EUROPE (Grant Agreement No. 654148).

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  1. Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL), Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH), 71110, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

    Ioannis Konidakis, Evangelos Skoulas, Antonis Papadopoulos, Efthymis Serpetzoglou, Elena Margariti & Emmanuel Stratakis

  2. Department of Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete, 71003, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

    Evangelos Skoulas, Antonis Papadopoulos & Emmanuel Stratakis

  3. Physics Department, University of Crete, 71003, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

    Efthymis Serpetzoglou & Elena Margariti

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Konidakis, I., Skoulas, E., Papadopoulos, A. et al. Erasable and rewritable laser-induced gratings on silver phosphate glass. Appl. Phys. A 124, 839 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-018-2267-0

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