Self-guiding, supercontinuum generation and damage in bulk materials induced by femtosecond pulses

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4932, Issue , 2003, Pages 346-357

  Sirutkaitis, Valdas ^a   Gaizauskas, Eugenijus ^a   Kudriashov, Viacheslav ^a   Barkauskas, Martynas ^a   Vaicaitis, Virgilijus ^a   Grigonis, Rimantas ^a   Piskarskas, Algis ^a  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Femtosecond pulses; Laser induced damage; Self focusing; Self guiding; Supercontinuum

Indexed keywords

BOROSILICATE GLASS; COLOR; FUSED SILICA; LASER PULSES;

FEMTOSECOND PULSES;

LASER DAMAGE;

EID: 0042862981     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.472427     Document Type: Conference Paper

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