Real-time study of bulk damage formation in glass initiated by intense femtosecond pulses

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5991, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Kudriasov V ^a   Gaizauskas E ^a   Sirutkaitis, V ^a  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Damage track; Femtosecond pulse; Multiple filaments; Self focusing

Indexed keywords

FUSED SILICA; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; LASER OPTICS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT PROPAGATION; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

DAMAGE TRACK; FEMTOSECOND PULSES; MULTIPLE FILAMENTS; SELF-FOCUSING;

OPTICAL GLASS;

EID: 33644607441     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.638718     Document Type: Conference Paper

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