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Dynamic Hotspot Migration and Self-Induced Resonances in Ultrafast Laser-Irradiated Silicon Thin Films
George D. Tsibidis, Yi Wang, Emmanuel Stratakis
The spatial distribution of energy in silicon thin films under femtosecond laser irradiation is demonstrated to be influenced by the interaction between carrier-induced refractive…
Impact of Plasmonic Modes and Thermophysical Properties on the Double-Pulse Structuring of Highly-Ordered LIPSS for Biosensing Applications
G. D. Tsibidis, F. Fraggelakis, P. Lingos +5
The fabrication of highly ordered laser-induced periodic surface structures (LIPSS) on thin metallic films is dictated, predomaninatly, by a synergy of periodic electromagnetic ene…
Wettability and Color Change of Copper by Controlling Area Fraction of Laser Ablated Surface
Mantas Gaidys, Stella Maragkaki, Alexandros Mimidis +6
In this research, wettability control by area fraction of laser ablated surface of copper is presented. The functional surfaces with full wettability control from highly hydrophili…
Anisotropic Third Harmonic Generation in Two-Dimensional Tin Sulfide
George Miltos Maragkakis, Sotiris Psilodimitrakopoulos, Leonidas Mouchliadis +4
The in-plane anisotropic properties of two-dimensional (2D) group IV monochalcogenides provide an additional degree of freedom which can be used in future optoelectronic devices. H…
Topological photonics with scattering media
E. Cusworth, V. G. Kravets, F. Fraggelakis +4
Scattering media, being ubiquitous in nature and critically important for assessments (e.g., biological tissues), are often considered as nuisance in optics. Here we show that it i…
Control of the damage threshold of Si via a SiO2 coating upon irradiation with Mid-IR femtosecond laser pulses
George D. Tsibidis, Emmanuel Stratakis
A key issue in the use of high-power mid-infrared (Mid-IR) laser sources for a plethora of applications is the investigation of the exciting laser driven physical phenomena taking…
Post-melting encapsulation of glass microwires for multipath light waveguiding within phosphate glasses
I. Konidakis, F. Dragosli, A. Cheruvathoor Poulose +4
Glass waveguides remain the fundamental component of advanced photonic circuits and with a significant role in other applications such as quantum information processing, light gene…
Influence of Antireflection Si coatings on the Damage Threshold of fused silica upon irradiation with Mid-IR femtosecond laser pulses
George D. Tsibidis, Emmanuel Stratakis
Recent progress in the development of high-power mid-IR laser sources and the exciting laser driven physical phenomena associated with the irradiation of solids via ultrashort lase…
Impact of plasmonic modes on the formation of self-organised nano-patterns in thin films
Panagiotis Lingos, George Perrakis, Odysseas Tsilipakos +2
Formation of nanoscale laser-induced periodic surface structures on thin metal films (of the size of the optical penetration depth) is a yet unexplored area that is expected to ope…
Tailoring surface topographies on solids with Mid-IR femtosecond laser pulses
S. Maragkaki, G. D. Tsibidis, L. Haizer +5
Irradiation of solids with ultrashort pulses using laser sources in the mid-infrared (mid-IR) spectral region is a yet predominantly unexplored field that opens broad possibilities…
Ionization dynamics and damage conditions for transparent materials irradiated with Mid-Infrared femtosecond pulses
George D Tsibidis, Emmanuel Stratakis
The employment of ultrashort laser sources at the mid-IR spectral region for transparent materials is designed to open new routes for laser patterning and a wealth of exciting appl…
The impact of the substrate on the opto-thermal response of thin metallic targets following irradiation with femtosecond laser pulses
George D. Tsibidis, Emmanuel Stratakis
Femtosecond pulsed lasers have been widely used over the past decades due to their capability to fabricate precise patterns at the micro- and nano- lengths scales. A key issue for…
The synergy of electromagnetic effects and thermophysical properties of metals in the formation of laser induced periodic surface structures
George D. Tsibidis, Panagiotis Lingos, Emmanuel Stratakis
Femtosecond pulsed lasers have been widely used over the past decades for precise materials structuring at the micro- and nano- scales. In order, though, to realize efficient mater…
Ultrashort pulsed laser induced complex surface structures generated by tailoring the melt hydrodynamics
F. Fraggelakis, G. D. Tsibidis, E. Stratakis
We present a novel approach for tailoring the laser induced surface topography upon femtosecond-fs pulsed laser irradiation. The method employs spatially controlled double fs laser…
Laser engineering of biomimetic surfaces
E. Stratakis, J. Bonse, J. Heitz +12
The exciting properties of micro- and nano-patterned surfaces found in natural species hide a virtually endless potential of technological ideas, opening new opportunities for inno…
Biomimetic Omnidirectional Anti-reflective Glass via Direct Ultrafast Laser Nanostructuring
Antonis Papadopoulos, Evangelos Skoulas, Alexandros Mimidis +4
We report on a single-step, biomimetic approach for the realization of omnidirectional transparent antireflective glass. In particular, it is shown that circularly polarized ultras…
Intense femtosecond photoexcitation of bulk and monolayer MoS2
I. Paradisanos, E. Kymakis, C. Fotakis +2
The effect of femtosecond laser irradiation on bulk and single-layer MoS2 on silicon oxide is studied. Optical, Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM) and Raman micros…