TixSi1-xO2 optical coatings with tunable index and their response to intense subpicosecond laser pulse irradiation

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 26, 2008, Pages

  Nguyen, D ^a   Emmert, L A ^a   Cravetchi, I V ^a   Mero, M ^a   Rudolph, W ^a   Jupe, M ^b   Lappschies, M ^b   Starke, K ^b   Ristau, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b LASER ZENTRUM HANNOVER E V   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ENERGY GAP; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASERS; OPTICAL COATINGS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OXIDE FILMS; POWER QUALITY; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

BANDGAP ENERGIES; BINARY FILMS; HIGH POWERS; LASER BREAKDOWNS; LINEAR LAWS; OPTICAL QUALITIES; POWER LAWS; PULSE BREAKDOWNS; PULSE DURATIONS; PULSE IRRADIATIONS; SUBPICOSECOND; TUNABLE BANDGAP;

OPTICAL FILMS;

EID: 58149268954     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3050536     Document Type: Article

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