Effects of a gas medium on ultrafast laser beam delivery and materials processing

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1081-1088

  Sun, Ju ^a,b   Longtin, Jon P ^a  

^a Stony Brook University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; COPPER; DISTORTION (WAVES); INERT GASES; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROMACHINING; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

FEMTOSECOND LASER PULSE; GAS MEDIUM; PLASMA DEFOCUSING; SELF FOCUSING; ULTRAFAST LASER BEAM DELIVERY; ULTRAFAST LASER BEAM MATERIALS PROCESSING;

ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

EID: 10044242569     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.21.001081     Document Type: Article

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