Research Article

Laser-Induced Backside Wet Etching of Transparent Materials with Organic and Metallic Absorbers

Figure 7

Submicron 2 D gratings with periods 550 nm and 780 nm etched in fused silica, respectively. (a) Grating obtained by H-LIBWE with a py:acetone solution and (b) grating etched on a prepatterned substrate (line width 7.5  , prepattern depth 3 ) using mercury as absorber.
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