Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 54, Issue 7, 20250205(2025)

Fabricating structural color in fused silica sculptures with femtosecond laser

Jing CHEN1, Hongwei ZHOU2、*, Yunpeng SONG3, and Ya CHENG3
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
  • 2Department of Sculpture, College of Plastic Arts, Guangxi Arts University, Nanning 530007, China
  • 3The Extreme Optoelectromechanics Laboratory, School of Physics and Materials Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
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    Figures & Tables(8)
    Diffraction effect of gratings
    Femtosecond laser processing system
    The spectrum of incident white light
    The diffraction color of structural color grating
    Angle-dependent heart-shaped national flag pattern fabricated through structural color grating observed from different viewing angles
    The processed heart-shaped national flag and structural-color grating (imprinted within a red circle) are embedded inside fused silica
    (a) The designed sculpture model of healer; (b) The sculpture we fabricated with femtosecond laser
    • Table 1. Structural color vs grating period in fused silica material (Observation angle: 30°)

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      Table 1. Structural color vs grating period in fused silica material (Observation angle: 30°)

      Grating period/µmDiffraction order, mλ/µmColor
      220.500Blue-green
      2.520.625Red
      320.750Red
      30.500Blue-green
      3.530.583Yellow
      40.4375Violet
      430.666Red
      40.500Blue-green
      4.530.750Red
      40.563Green
      50.450Blue
      540.625Red
      50.500Blue-green
      60.416Violet
      5.540.688Red
      50.550Green
      60.458Blue
      640.750Red
      50.600Orange
      60.500Blue-green
      70.429Violet
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    Jing CHEN, Hongwei ZHOU, Yunpeng SONG, Ya CHENG. Fabricating structural color in fused silica sculptures with femtosecond laser[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2025, 54(7): 20250205

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    Paper Information

    Category: Optical design and fabrication

    Received: Apr. 3, 2025

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Aug. 29, 2025

    The Author Email: Hongwei ZHOU (663255251@qq.com)

    DOI:10.3788/IRLA20250205

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