Morphology of femtosecond laser modification of bulk dielectrics

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 271-282

  Popov, K I ^a   McElcheran, C ^a   Briggs, K ^a   MacK, S ^a   Ramunno, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; KERR MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECT; LASER ACCESSORIES; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; SILICA;

BULK DIELECTRIC; COLLISIONAL ENERGIES; COMPETING EFFECTS; DEFOCUSING; FEMTOSECOND LASER MODIFICATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN; KERR EFFECTS; LASER POLARIZATION; MULTI-PHOTON ABSORPTION; PLASMA LENS;

FUSED SILICA;

EID: 78651374882     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.000271     Document Type: Article

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