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- Title
Ultrafast Laser-Induced Crystallization of Lead Germanate Glass.
- Authors
Lotarev, Sergey V.; Lipatiev, Alexey S.; Lipateva, Tatiana O.; Lopatina, Elena V.; Sigaev, Vladimir N.; Poumellec, Bertrand
- Abstract
Laser-induced space-selective crystallization of glass enabling the growth of continuous crystal-in-glass architectures consisting of non-centrosymmetric phases with functional properties is promising, including single-crystal waveguides for the development of integrated optical circuits. In this study, femtosecond laser direct writing of crystalline lines inside lead germanate glass with the composition close to Pb5Ge3O11 has been demonstrated. The growth of crystalline lines by the.moving focused laser beam required the preliminary growth of a seed crystal by the fixed beam. Confocal Raman spectroscopy revealed the precipitation of ferroelectric Pb5Ge3O11, which, under certain exposure conditions, could be accompanied by precipitation of the metastable lead germanate phase. Depending on the laser beam parameters, either bilateral growth providing split, horseshoe-shaped morphology of the crystal cross-section, or centered growth resulting in elongated, elliptical cross-section shape occurred. The obtained results are of interest for the fabrication of ferroelectric Pb5Ge3O11-based crystal-in-glass waveguides.
- Subjects
GERMANATE glasses; CRYSTAL glass; INTEGRATED optics; FEMTOSECOND lasers; CRYSTALLIZATION; GLASS
- Publication
Crystals (2073-4352), 2021, Vol 11, Issue 2, p193
- ISSN
2073-4352
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/cryst11020193