Abstract
Using a femtosecond laser incident to an oxide-metal-oxide film engraved with a subwavelength annular aperture (SAA) structure, we generated a Bessel-like beam to ablate silicon. Experimental results show that the silicon can be ablated with a 0.05 J=cm2 input ablation threshold at 120 fs pulse duration. We obtained a surface hole possessing a diameter less than 1μm. Optical performance, including depth-of-focus and focal spot of the SAA structure, were simulated using finite-different time-domain calculations. We found that a far-field laser beam propagating through a SAA structure possesses a submicrometer focal spot and high focus intensity. Our method can be easily adopted for surface machining in microfabrication applications.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 6384-6390 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Applied optics |
Volume | 50 |
Issue number | 34 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2011 Dec 1 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Engineering (miscellaneous)
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering