Saturation of ablation channels micro-machined in fused silica with many femtosecond laser pulses

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1329-1338

  De Aldana, J R Vázquez ^a   Mendez C ^a   Roso, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; DIFFRACTION; FUSED SILICA; SAPPHIRE;

ABLATION CHANNELS; FEMTOSECOND LASER PULSES; PULSE DURATION; ULTRAFAST ABLATION THRESHOLD;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 32644434629     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.001329     Document Type: Article

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