Laser glass deposition of spheres for printing micro lenses

Laser Micro-Printing of Dye-Molecules on Polymeric Surfaces

We describe a technique for micro-patterning and immobilization of dyes on polymer substrates using a low-power visible laser for dye-excitation. Deposits from an aqueous medium containing the dye can be attached at any desired spot on the substrate simply by exposing the area to laser light. The area of the laser beam can control the spot-size of immobilized dye, in the range of 10 100 microns...

Towards manipulating relativistic laser pulses with micro-tube plasma lenses.

Efficient coupling of intense laser pulses to solid-density matter is critical to many applications including ion acceleration for cancer therapy. At relativistic intensities, the focus has been mainly on investigating various laser beams irradiating initially overdense flat interfaces with little or no control over the interaction. Here, we propose a novel approach that leverages recent advanc...

Ventilated Glass Contact Lenses.

Antireflection Coatings for Strongly Curved Glass Lenses by Atomic Layer Deposition

Antireflection (AR) coatings are indispensable in numerous optical applications and are increasingly demanded on highly curved optical components. In this work, optical thin films of SiO2, Al2O3, TiO2 and Ta2O5 were prepared by atomic layer deposition (ALD), which is based on self-limiting surface reactions leading to a uniform film thickness on arbitrarily shaped surfaces. Al2O3/TiO2/SiO2 and ...

Glass for Laser Applications

Active Glasses Glass is a uniquely suitable host material for rare earth ions to provide the laser action in optically pumped lasers. SCHOTT has combined wide ranging compositional possi bilities of glass with a deep understanding of property control in developing our active laser glass products. The result is a glass tailored to your application, possessing the characteristics needed to excel ...