Laser-Inscribed Stress-Induced Birefringence of Sapphire
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Direct Write of Nano-Planes
3.2. Engineering of Birefringence
4. Conclusions and Outlook
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Fan, H.; Ryu, M.; Honda, R.; Morikawa, J.; Li, Z.-Z.; Wang, L.; Maksimovic, J.; Juodkazis, S.; Chen, Q.-D.; Sun, H.-B. Laser-Inscribed Stress-Induced Birefringence of Sapphire. Nanomaterials 2019, 9, 1414. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9101414
Fan H, Ryu M, Honda R, Morikawa J, Li Z-Z, Wang L, Maksimovic J, Juodkazis S, Chen Q-D, Sun H-B. Laser-Inscribed Stress-Induced Birefringence of Sapphire. Nanomaterials. 2019; 9(10):1414. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9101414
Chicago/Turabian StyleFan, Hua, Meguya Ryu, Reo Honda, Junko Morikawa, Zhen-Ze Li, Lei Wang, Jovan Maksimovic, Saulius Juodkazis, Qi-Dai Chen, and Hong-Bo Sun. 2019. "Laser-Inscribed Stress-Induced Birefringence of Sapphire" Nanomaterials 9, no. 10: 1414. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9101414