Nanosize structural modifications with polarization functions in ultrafast laser irradiated bulk fused silica

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 24809-24824

  Mishchik, K ^a   Cheng, G ^a,b   Huo, G ^b   Burakov, I M ^a   Mauclair, C ^a   Mermillod Blondin, A ^c   Rosenfeld, A ^c   Ouerdane, Y ^a   Boukenter, A ^a   Parriaux, O ^a   Stoian, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^b XI AN INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND PRECISION MECHANICS   (China)

^c MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OXYGEN; POLARIZATION; SILICA; ULTRAFAST LASERS;

CONFINEMENT PROPERTIES; FILL FACTOR; LASER INDUCED; LASER-INDUCED STRUCTURES; NANO SCALE; NANO-SIZE; NANO-STRUCTURED; OXYGEN BONDS; POLARIZATION FUNCTIONS; POLARIZATION SENSITIVITY; POLARIZATION-SENSITIVE DEVICES; SCATTERING PROPERTY; SELF-ORGANIZATIONS; STRUCTURAL MODIFICATIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE; ULTRAFAST LASER;

FUSED SILICA;

EID: 78649687214     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.024809     Document Type: Article

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