Controllable Material Removal and Polishing of Glass Using Femtosecond Lasers

• DOI: 10.1364/cleo_at.2022.atu4c.1
• Publication Date: 2022-09-13T16:10:40Z
• Authors: Gong Chen; Jie Qiao
• Keywords: 0211 other engineering and technologies; 0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering; 02 engineering and technology

Femtosecond laser polishing of glass is demonstrated for the first time, achieving controllable material removal and sub-nanometer surface roughness. This result opens a path for complex optical processing tasks on various materials.