Dynamics of femtosecond laser-induced breakdown in water from femtoseconds to microseconds

Optics Express

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 196-203

  Schaffer, Chris B ^a,b   Nishimura, Nozomi ^a,b   Glezer, Eli N ^a,c   Kim, Albert M T ^a   Mazur, Eric ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c IGEN Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; ENERGY TRANSFER; FREE ELECTRON LASERS; LASER OPTICS; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; LASER PULSES; LASER SURGERY; LIGHT PROPAGATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; TRANSPARENCY; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA; WATER;

FEMTOSECOND PHENOMENA; LASER-INDUCED BREAKDOWN; PLASMA DYNAMICS; ULTRAFAST NON-LINEAR OPTICS;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 1542555794     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.10.000196     Document Type: Article

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