Numerical aperture dependence of damage and white light generation from femtosecond laser pulses in bulk fused silica

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4633, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 107-111

  Ashcom, Jonathan B ^a   Schaffer, Chris B ^b   Mazur, Eric ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser micromachining; Laser induced damage; Numerical aperture; Self focusing; Ultrafast lasers; White light continuum generation

Indexed keywords

FUSED SILICA; LASER DAMAGE; LIGHT SCATTERING; MICROMACHINING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

FEMTOSECOND LASER PULSES;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 0036405135     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.461369     Document Type: Article

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