Pulse duration dependent nonlinear propagation of a focused femtosecond laser pulse in fused silica

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 24495-24503

  Sun, Quan ^a   Hidenori Asahi, ^a   Nishijima, Yoshiaki ^a   Murazawa, Naoki ^a   Ueno, Kosei ^a   Misawa, Hiroaki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMA DENSITY; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SILICA; ULTRAFAST LASERS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

CRITICAL POWER; FILAMENTATION; FOCUSED FEMTOSECOND LASERS; HIGH PULSE ENERGY; IONIZATION MECHANISMS; LOW PULSE ENERGY; MAXIMUM VALUES; NONLINEAR PROPAGATION; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PEAK POWER; PULSE DURATIONS; SELF-FOCUSING;

FUSED SILICA;

EID: 78649702565     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.024495     Document Type: Article

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