Mechanisms of femtosecond laser-induced refractive index modification of poly(methyl methacrylate)

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 107-111

  Baum, Alexandra ^a   Scully, Patricia J ^a   Perrie, Walter ^b   Liu, Dun ^b   Lucarini, Valerio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTERS; LIGHT REFRACTION; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS;

FEMTO-SECOND LASER; FEMTOSECOND LASER PULSE; REFRACTIVE INDEX CHANGES;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 75149142160     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.27.000107     Document Type: Article

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