Direct measurement of the critical power of femtosecond Ti: Sapphire laser pulse in air

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 5750-5755

  Liu, W ^a   Chin, S L ^a  

^a CENTRE D OPTIQUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT PROPAGATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SAPPHIRE; SOLID STATE LASERS; SOLITONS; TITANIUM;

FEMTOSECOND LASER PULSES; FOCAL SHIFT; PULSE DURATION; SELF-FOCUSING;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 23744441087     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.005750     Document Type: Article

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