Laser surface texturing and related techniques for enhancing tribological performance of engineering materials: A review

B Mao, A Siddaiah, Y Liao, PL Menezes - Journal of Manufacturing …, 2020 - Elsevier
Surface texturing is one of the most efficient surface modification approaches for improving
the tribological performance of engineering materials. Several surface texturing techniques …

Laser engineering of biomimetic surfaces

E Stratakis, J Bonse, J Heitz, J Siegel… - Materials Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
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 innovation …

Generation of polarization and phase singular beams in fibers and fiber lasers

D Mao, Y Zheng, C Zeng, H Lu, C Wang… - Advanced …, 2021 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Cylindrical vector beams and vortex beams, two types of typical singular optical beams
characterized by axially symmetric polarization and helical phase front, possess the unique …

Irregular LIPSS produced on metals by single linearly polarized femtosecond laser

D Zhang, R Liu, Z Li - International Journal of Extreme …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Currently, supra-wavelength periodic surface structures (SWPSS) are only achievable on
silica dielectrics and silicon by femtosecond (fs) laser ablation, while triangular and rhombic …

Q-plate technology: a progress review

A Rubano, F Cardano, B Piccirillo, L Marrucci - JOSA B, 2019 - opg.optica.org
Since their first introduction in 2006, q-plates have found a constantly increasing number of
uses in diverse contexts, ranging from fundamental research on complex structured light …

Biomimetic surface structuring using cylindrical vector femtosecond laser beams

E Skoulas, A Manousaki, C Fotakis, E Stratakis - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
We report on a new, single-step and scalable method to fabricate highly ordered, multi-
directional and complex surface structures that mimic the unique morphological features of …

[PDF][PDF] Liquid vortexes and flows induced by femtosecond laser ablation in liquid governing formation of circular and crisscross LIPSS

D Zhang, X Li, Y Fu, Q Yao, Z Li… - Opto-Electronic …, 2022 - researching.cn
Orientations of laser induced periodic surface structures (LIPSS) are usually considered to
be governed by the laser polarization state. In this work, we unveil that fluid dynamics …

Ultrafast laser applications in manufacturing processes: A state-of-the-art review

S Lei, X Zhao, X Yu, A Hu… - Journal of …, 2020 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
With the invention of chirped pulse amplification for lasers in the mid-1980s, high power
ultrafast lasers entered into the world as a disruptive tool, with potential impact on a broad …

[PDF][PDF] Omnidirectional iridescence via cylindrically-polarized femtosecond laser processing

N Livakas, E Skoulas, E Stratakis - Opto-Electronic Advances, 2020 - researching.cn
We report the femtosecond (fs) laser fabrication of biomimetic omnidirectional iridescent
metallic surfaces exhibiting efficient diffraction for practically any angle of light incidence …

Chirality of laser-printed plasmonic nanoneedles tunable by tailoring spiral-shape pulses

S Syubaev, A Zhizhchenko, O Vitrik, A Porfirev… - Applied Surface …, 2019 - Elsevier
We report on fabrication of Ag nanoneedles with tailored chirality via direct ns-laser printing
with “structured” laser beams, zero-optical-angular momentum spiral-shaped beams with …