Influence of the beam-focus size on femtosecond laser-induced damage threshold in fused silica

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6881, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Sanner, N ^a   Bussiere, B ^a,b,c   Uteza O ^a   Leray, A ^a   Itina, T ^a   Sentis, M ^a   Natoli, J Y ^c   Commandre M ^c  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b AMPLITUDE SYSTÈMES   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFECTS; FUSED SILICA; LASER BEAMS; MICROMETERS;

LASER BEAM-FOCUS; NUMERICAL APERTURES;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 41149099486     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.762767     Document Type: Conference Paper

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