Morphology of femtosecond laser-induced structural changes in bulk transparent materials

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1441-1443

  Schaffer, Chris B ^a,b   Jamison, Alan O ^a   Mazur, Eric ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL INTERFERENCE CONTRAST (DIC); NUMERICAL APERTURE (NA);

CHEMICAL BONDS; GLASS; IONIZATION; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; MICROMACHINING; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSPARENCY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 1642588423     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1650876     Document Type: Article

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