The influence of self-focusing and filamentation on refractive index modifications in fused silica using intense femtosecond pulses

Optics Communications

Volumn 241, Issue 4-6, 2004, Pages 529-538

  Saliminia, A ^a   Nguyen, N T ^a   Chin, S L ^a   Vallee R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Femtosecond pulses; Filamentation; Refractive index modifications; Silica glass

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FOCUSING; GEOMETRY; LASER PULSES; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA;

FEMTOSECOND PULSES; FILAMENTATION; PHOTO-STRUCTURAL MODIFICATIONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX MODIFICATIONS;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 7544251153     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2004.07.063     Document Type: Article

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