| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1488851 | Materials Research Bulletin | 2013 | 6 Pages |
•Interaction of the CW 785 nm laser with chalcogenide GeSbS glass.•First demonstration of the explosive boiling induced by CW laser in glass.•Different processes as photo-induced oxidation, expansion, and viscosity-flow observed.•Applied diagnostics SEM, DHM, AFM, force spectroscopy, and micro-Raman spectroscopy.•Damage threshold determined at 1.2 × 1024s−1 cm−3 of absorbed photons.
The response of bulk Ge35Sb10S55 glass to illumination by a continuous wave (CW) laser, sub-band-gap photons, was studied specifically with an atomic force microscopy including a force spectroscopy, with a digital holographic microscopy and with a scanning electron microscopy. Depending on the number of photons absorbed, photo-expansion, photo-oxidation and explosive boiling were observed.
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