Laser Amorphization of a Crystalline Phase in the Bulk of a Thermally Stable Lithium Aluminosilicate Glass-Ceramic

A. S. Naumov; Наумов А. С.; S. V. Lotarev; Лотарев С. В.; A. S. Lipatiev; Липатьев А. С.; G. Yu. Shakhgildyan; Шахгильдян Г. Ю.; S. S. Fedotov; Федотов С. С.; E. V. Lopatina; Лопатина Е. В.; I. A. Karateev; Каратеев И. А.; V. N. Sigaev; Сигаев В. Н.

doi:10.31857/S0002337X23040085

Laser Amorphization of a Crystalline Phase in the Bulk of a Thermally Stable Lithium Aluminosilicate Glass-Ceramic

Authors: Naumov A.S.¹, Lotarev S.V.¹, Lipatiev A.S.¹, Shakhgildyan G.Y.¹, Fedotov S.S.¹, Lopatina E.V.¹, Karateev I.A.², Sigaev V.N.¹
Affiliations:
1. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology, 125047, Moscow, Russia
2. Kurchatov Institute National Research Center, 123098, Moscow, Russia
Issue: Vol 59, No 4 (2023)
Pages: 419-424
Section: Articles
URL: https://rjonco.com/0002-337X/article/view/668276
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S0002337X23040085
EDN: https://elibrary.ru/VUCCNI
ID: 668276

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This paper presents results of femtosecond laser micromachining of a transparent glass-ceramic in the Li2O–Al2O3–SiO2 system with a near-zero linear thermal expansion coefficient in the thermal and athermal regimes. Electron microscopy and electron diffraction data confirm complete amorphization of nanocrystals of β-eucryptite-like solid solutions under the effect of laser pulses. Using quantitative phase microscopy, we have evaluated refractive index changes in individual laser-written tracks. In the athermal regime at a pulse repetition rate of 10 kHz, complete glass-ceramic amorphization leads to a decrease in the refractive index of the material (Δn = −0.0035) in the laser treatment region, which opens up the possibility of using direct laser writing of channel waveguides in a thermally stable glass-ceramic matrix.

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lithium aluminosilicate glass-ceramic, linear thermal expansion coefficient, femtosecond laser, laser amorphization

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