Periodic metallo-dielectric structure in diamond (2009)
Shimizu, M, Shimotsuma, Y, Sakakura, M, Yuasa, T, Homma, H, Minowa, Y, ...
Ultrashort-pulse laser calligraphy (2008)
Yang, W., Kazansky, P.G., Shimotsuma, Y., Hirao, K.
Phase-change functionality in gallium nanoparticles offers an innovative conceptual basis for the development of high density, low energy, nonvolatile optical memories.
Photo-initiated growth of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanorods (2008)
Lee, ETY, Shimotsuma, Y, Sakakura, M, Nishi, M, Miura, K, Hirao, K
"Quill" writing with ultrashort light pulses in transparent materials (2007)
Kazansky, P.G., Yang, W., Bricchi, E., Bovatsek, J., Arai, A., Shimotsuma, Y., ...
A remarkable phenomenon in ultrafast laser processing of transparent materials, in particular, silica glass, manifested as a change in material modification by reversing the writing direction is...
Femtosecond laser nanostructuring of transparent materials: from bulk to fiber lasers (2007)
Kazansky, P.G., Yang, W., Shimotsuma, Y., Hirao, K., Bovatsek, J., Arai, A.
Progress in high power ultra-short pulse lasers has opened new frontiers in the physics of light-matter interactions and laser material processing. Recently there has been considerable interest in...
Application of femtosecond-laser induced nanostructures in optical memory (2007)
Shimotsuma, Y, Sakakura, M, Miura, K, Qiu, JR, Kazansky, PG, Fujita, K, ...
Recent advances in poling and nanostructuring of glass (2007)
Kazansky, P.G., Deparis, O., Carvalho, I.C.S., Bricchi, E., Yang, W., Abdolvand, A., ...
Poling and femtosecond laser writing are two techniques which are normally used for modification of second-order optical nonlinearity and refractive index of glass. Strong dc and light fields are...
Kazansky, P.G., Deparis, O., Carvalho, I.C.S., Bricchi, E., Yang, W., Abdolvand, A., ...
Recent progress in poling, femtosecond laser direct writing and related nanostructuring of glass is reviewed.
Recent advances in nanostructuring of glass: from poling to femtosecond laser writing (2007)
Kazansky, P.G., Deparis, O., Carvalho, I.C.S., Bricchi, E., Yang, W., Abdolvand, A., ...
Recent progress in poling, femtosecond laser direct writing and related nanostructuring of glass is reviewed.
Quill writing with ultrashort light pulses in transparent optical materials (2007)
Kazansky, P.G., Yang, W., Bricchi, E., Bovatsek, J., Arai, A., Shimotsuma, Y., ...
Writing in silica glass in opposite directions can be different. The phenomenon resembles quill writing and is interpreted in terms of anisotropic trapping of electron plasma by a tilted front of the...
Self-organization in glass by light: From second-order nonlinearity to 3D nano-structures (2005)
Kazansky, P.G., Shimotsuma, Y., Qiu, J., Hirao, K.
The physics and applications of self-organised periodic structures in glass ranging from the second-order nonlinearity gratings produced by intense infrared irradiation to the periodic sub-wavelength...
3D self-organized periodic nano-structures in glass irradiated by ultrashort light pulses (2005)
Kazansky, Peter G., Bricchi, Erica, Shimotsuma, Yasuhiko, Qui, Jiangrong, Hirao, Kazuyuki
Three-dimensional periodic nano-structures structures are observed in silica glass irradiated by intense femtosecond laser pulses. The structures could present the first evidence of nano-vortex...
Self-organized nanostructures in glass irradiated by femtosecond light pulses (2004)
Kazansky, P.G., Bricchi, E., Shimotsuma, Y., Qiu, J., Hirao, K.
The ability to control light and properties of matter in small space regions and over short time intervals becomes more important as performances of electronic and optical devices are pushed to the...
Nanostructuring of transparent materials by ultrashort light pulses (2004)
Kazansky, P.G., Bricchi, E., Shimotsuma, Y., Qiu, J., Hirao, K.
The study of the smallest (20 nm width) and the strongest (-0.2 index change) embedded periodic structures ever created by light in transparent materials are reported. These are the first gratings...
Self-organized nanogratings in glass irradiated by ultrashort light pulses (2003)
Shimotsuma, Y., Kazansky, P.G., Qiu, J., Hirao, K.
Periodic nanostructures are observed inside silica glass after irradiation by a focused beam of a femtosecond Ti:sapphire laser. Backscattering electron images of the irradiated spot reveal a...
Nanostructuring of transparent materials by light (2003)
Kazansky, P.G., Shimotsuma, Y., Qiu, J., Bricchi, E., Hirao, K.
The smallest embedded structures ever created by light are observed in the experiments on femtosecond direct writing. The phenomenon is interpreted in terms of interference between light and bulk...
Nanostructuring of transparent materials by light (2003)
Kazansky, P.G., Shimotsuma, Y., Qiu, J., Hirao, K.
The smallest embedded structures ever created by light are observed in the experiments on femtosecond direct writing. The phenomenon is interpreted in terms of interference between the incident light...