Laser-driven formation of a high-pressure phase in amorphous silica

Nature Materials

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 796-800

  Salleo, Alberto ^a,b,e   Taylor, Seth T ^a,c,f   Martin, Michael C ^c   Panero, Wendy R ^d,g   Jeanloz, Raymond ^d   Sands, Timothy ^a,h   Génin, François Y ^b  

^a Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^h Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CRACK INITIATION; DENSIFICATION; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; ENERGY ABSORPTION; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; INFRARED RADIATION; IONIZATION; LASER DAMAGE; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MELTING; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POINT DEFECTS; SURFACES; THERMODYNAMICS;

LASER FLUENCE; OPTICAL BREAKDOWN; TRANSMISSIVE OPTICS;

FUSED SILICA;

EID: 0345307126     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1013     Document Type: Article

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