Abstract
Volumetric modification of transparent materials by femtosecond laser pulses is used for a wide range of applications. In this work, on the example of fused silica, it is shown experimentally and theoretically that in a certain range of energies the peak of absorption of laser radiation for doughnut-shaped pulses is several times larger than for Gaussian pulses. The experiments were performed with 1st and 2nd harmonics of the Astrella laser from Coherent. The effect of two different wavelength has also been investigated for single- to multiple-shot irradiation. We show that, due to radiation shielding by laser-generated free-electron plasma, the longer wavelengths are more advantageous for obtaining a more localized modification. This becomes very attractive for the purposes of material modification and laser writing processes.
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