Investigations in the nonlinear behavior of dielectrics by using ultrashort pulses

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5273, Issue , 2004, Pages 501-514

  Starke, K ^a   Ristau, D ^a   Welling, H ^a   Amotchkina, T V ^b   Trubetskov, M ^b   Tikhonravov, A A ^b   Chirkin, A S ^b  

^a LASER ZENTRUM HANNOVER E V   (Germany)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Avalanche ionization; Critical electron density; Keldysh; Kerr effect; Multiple pulse damage threshold; Nonlinear absorptance; Ultrashort pulses

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; AVALANCHE DIODES; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; IONIZATION; MICROMACHINING; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

AVALANCHE-IONIZATION; CRITICAL ELECTRON DENSITY; KELDYSH; MULTIPLE-PULSE DAMAGE THRESHOLD; NONLINEAR ABSORBANCE;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 5544312390     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.525132     Document Type: Conference Paper

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