Abstract: Laser illumination on a nickel sphere in silica glass has shown to migrate the sphere towards the light source with a nickel nanoparticle precipitated around the sphere. The selective nanoparticle precipitation by Invar 42 sphere migration in silica glass is reported. An Invar sphere is implanted into glass by laser illumination of an Invar foil. In addition to the sphere migration in glass, stripes are formed along the trajectory of the sphere. The stripes consist of metal nanoparticles with a diameter of several hundred nanometres. Nanoparticles precipitated on the laser-illuminated side are composed only of nickel and those on the non-illuminated side are composed of nickel and iron alloys. The reason for the difference in components is discussed.
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