Third-harmonic generation imaging of laser-induced breakdown in glass

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 27, 1999, Pages 5789-5794

  Squier, Jeff A ^a   Müller, Michiel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b The Institute for Molecular Cell Biology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS; HARMONIC GENERATION; LASER DAMAGE; LIGHT EMISSION;

LASER INDUCED BREAKDOWN; THIRD HARMONIC GENERATION (THG);

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0344641963     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.005789     Document Type: Article

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