Ultrafast-laser driven micro-explosions in transparent materials

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 882-884

  Glezer, E N ^a   Mazur, E ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DIFFRACTION; IONIZATION; LASER PULSES; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MATERIALS TESTING; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

ELECTRON IONIZATION; MICRO EXPLOSION; STRUCTURAL PROPERTY; TRANSPARENT MATERIAL;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 0031206671     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.119677     Document Type: Article

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