Calculations and experimental demonstration of multi-photon absorption governing fs laser-induced damage in titania

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 12269-12278

  Jupé, Marco ^a   Jensen, Lars ^a   Melninkaitis, Andrius ^b   Sirutkaitis, Valdas ^b   Ristau, Detlev ^a  

^a LASER ZENTRUM HANNOVER E V   (Germany)

^b VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; IMPACT IONIZATION; LASER PULSES; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; PHOTONS; SUBSTRATES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

DIELECTRIC COATINGS; DIFFERENT EFFECTS; EXPERIMENTAL DEMONSTRATIONS; LASER DAMAGE TESTING; LASER DAMAGE THRESHOLD; MULTI-PHOTON ABSORPTION; OPTICAL COMPONENTS; SUBSTRATE MATERIAL;

LASER DAMAGE;

ION; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; LASER; OPTICS; PHOTON; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ABSORPTION; ELECTRONS; IONS; LASERS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PHOTONS; TITANIUM;

EID: 67749127541     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.012269     Document Type: Article

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