- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributor contact details
- Dedication
- Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials
- Preface
- Chapter 1: Laser growth and processing of photonic structures: an overview of fundamentals, interaction phenomena and operations
- Abstract:
- 1.1 Laser processing concepts and processes: an introduction
- 1.2 Laser radiation, propagation and delivery
- 1.3 Summary of the interactions of laser radiation with condensed matter
- 1.4 Radiation absorption and energy transfer
- 1.5 Materials processing phenomena: appraisal of energy dependencies
- 1.6 Laser-based materials processing for photonics
- 1.7 Specific laser processing schemes for photonics applications
- 1.8 A suite of emerging concepts driving future trends
- 1.9 Acknowledgements
- Part I: Laser-induced growth of materials and surface structures
- Chapter 2: Emerging pulsed laser deposition techniques
- Abstract:
- 2.1 Current state-of-the-art in pulsed laser deposition (PLD)
- 2.2 Problems for growth of thick films and designer refractive index profiles
- 2.3 Multi-beam PLD
- 2.4 Use of three different targets: combinatorial growth
- 2.5 Future work in complex PLD geometries
- 2.6 Conclusions
- 2.7 Acknowledgements
- Chapter 3: The formation of nanocones on the surface of semiconductors by laser-induced self-assembly
- Chapter 4: Fabrication of periodic photonic microstructures by the interference of ultrashort pulse laser beams
- Abstract:
- 4.1 Review of periodic photonic devices induced by the interference of ultrashort pulse laser beams
- 4.2 Theoretical aspects of the interference of ultrashort pulse laser beams
- 4.3 Microstructures induced by the interference of two femtosecond laser beams
- 4.4 Microstructures induced by the interference of multiple femtosecond laser beams
- 4.5 Transfer of periodic microstructures by the interference of femtosecond laser beams
- 4.6 Conclusions and future trends
- Chapter 2: Emerging pulsed laser deposition techniques
- Part II: Laser-induced three-dimensional micro- and nano-structuring
- Chapter 5: Multiphoton lithography, processing and fabrication of photonic structures
- Chapter 6: Laser-based micro- and nano-fabrication of photonic structures
- Abstract:
- 6.1 Introduction and motivation
- 6.2 Fabrication of 2D and 3D photonic micro-structures
- 6.3 Laser lithography for the fabrication of photonic structures
- 6.4 Laser lithography based on one-, two- or multiple-photon absorption
- 6.5 Material modification aspects
- 6.6 Device design, fabrication and applications
- 6.7 Conclusions and future trends
- Chapter 7: Laser-induced soft matter organization and microstructuring of photonic materials
- Chapter 8: Laser-assisted polymer joining methods for photonic devices
- Abstract:
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 Properties of benzocyclobutene (BCB) polymers for photonic applications
- 8.3 BCB as a planarization material for fabrication of semiconductor photonic devices
- 8.4 Laser-assisted polymer bonding for assembly of photonic and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) devices
- 8.5 Laser microwelding for assembly of periodic photonic structures
- 8.6 Conclusions
- Part III: Laser fabrication and manipulation of photonic structures and devices
- Chapter 9: Laser seeding and thermal processing of glass with nanoscale resolution
- Chapter 10: Femtosecond-laser-induced refractive index modifications for photonic device processing
- Chapter 11: Thermal writing of photonic devices in glass and polymers by femtosecond lasers
- Chapter 12: Laser processing of optical fibers: new photosensitivity findings, refractive index engineering and surface structuring
- Abstract:
- 12.1 Introduction and historical overview
- 12.2 Glass photosensitivity using laser beams
- 12.3 Correlation of underlying photosensitivity mechanisms with refractive index changes
- 12.4 Types of photosensitivity in optical fibers
- 12.5 Grating fabrication in standard, germanosilicate optical fibers
- 12.6 Grating fabrication in standard, all-silica optical fibers
- 12.7 Grating fabrication in phosphate and fluoride glass fibers
- 12.8 Microstructured optical fiber (MOF) gratings
- 12.9 Laser machining of optical fibers
- 12.10 Future trends and prospects
- 12.11 Conclusions
- 12.12 Acknowledgments
- Index
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