Femtosecond laser structuring for micro/nano-photonics

This thesis is described the overall outputs as well as the objectives, research approaches and experiment methods on using femtosecond laser pulses with pulse width shorter than (10-12 s) to modify and fabricate different materials from metals, semiconductors to dielectrics for micro and nano photonics applications. The research scopes on the femtosecond laser structuring include the defect engineering, photorefractive modification, optical anisotropy engineering and surface plasmonic nanoprinting for different photonic applications. It demonstrates the femtosecond laser structuring as an effective technique to facilitate the trend of micro/nano-photonics technologies toward high integration and miniaturization.