Initial process of the refractive index change induced by tightly focused femtosecond laser inside a transparent material

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5448, Issue PART 2, 2004, Pages 1069-1077

  Sakakura, Masaaki ^a   Terazima, Masahide ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bulk; Femtosecond laser; Glass; Refractive index; Thermoelastic relaxation; Transient lens

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; GLASS; IRRADIATION; LENSES; OSCILLATIONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; RELAXATION PROCESSES; THERMOELASTICITY; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

BULK; FEMTOSECOND LASER; THERMOELASTIC RELAXATION; TRANSIENT LENS;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 11844269919     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.546952     Document Type: Conference Paper

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