Femtosecond laser induced step-like structures inside transparent hydrogel due to laser induced threshold reduction

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Autoři: Emanuel Saerchen ^aff001; Susann Liedtke-Gruener ^aff002; Maximilian Kopp ^aff001; Alexander Heisterkamp ^aff001; Holger Lubatschowski ^aff002; Tammo Ripken ^aff001
Působiště autorů: Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V., Hannover, Germany ^aff001; Rowiak GmbH, Hannover, Germany ^aff002; Institut fuer Quantenoptik, Leibniz Universitaet Hannover, Hannover, Germany ^aff003
Vyšlo v časopise: PLoS ONE 14(9)
Kategorie: Research Article
prolekare.web.journal.doi_sk: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0222293

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In the area of laser material processing, versatile applications for cutting glasses and transparent polymers exist. However, parasitic effects such as the creation of step-like structures appear when laser cutting inside a transparent material. To date, these structures were only described empirically. This work establishes the physical and chemical mechanisms behind the observed effects and describes the influence of process and material parameters onto the creation of step-like structures in hydrogel, Dihydroxyethylmethacrylat (HEMA). By focusing laser pulses in HEMA, reduced pulse separation distance below 50 nm and rise in pulse energy enhances the creation of unintended step-like structures. Spatial resolved Raman-spectroscopy was used to measure the laser induced chemical modification, which results into a reduced breakdown threshold. The reduction in threshold influences the position of optical breakdown for the succeeding laser pulses and consequently leads to the step-like structures. Additionally, the experimental findings were supplemented with numerical simulations of the influence of reduced damage threshold onto the position of optical breakdown.

In summary, chemical material change was defined as cause of the step-like structures. Furthermore, the parameters to avoid these structures were identified.

Klíčová slova:

Physical sciences – Chemistry – Engineering and technology – Polymer chemistry – Macromolecules – Polymers – Materials science – Materials – Physics – Equipment – Optical equipment – Mixtures – Electromagnetic radiation – Light – Amorphous solids – Lasers – Laser beams – Optical lenses – Optical materials – Gels – Optics – Numerical aperture – Light pulses

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