Mode improvement of a femtosecond laser beam by the spatially self-focusing effect in solid material

Laser Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 972-976

  Lu H ^a   Niu, X J ^a   Zhou, Y ^a  

^a JIANGHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; GLASS; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LASER BEAMS; LASERS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SOLDERED JOINTS;

DISPERSION EFFECTS; FEMTO-SECOND LASER; FEMTO-SECOND PULSES; FEMTOSECOND-PULSE PROPAGATION; GLASS PLATES; PROPAGATION EQUATIONS; QUALITATIVE AGREEMENT; SELF-FOCUSING; SOLID MATERIALS; SPATIAL MODES;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 49449093957     PISSN: 1054660X     EISSN: 15556611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S1054660X08080100     Document Type: Article

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