Evaluation of nonlinear absorptivity in internal modification of bulk glass by ultrashort laser pulses

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 10714-10727

  Miyamoto, Isamu ^a,b   Cvecek, Kristian ^c   Schmidt, Michael ^b,c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c Bayerisches Laser Zentrum   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOROSILICATE GLASS; PULSE GENERATORS; PULSE REPETITION RATE; THREE DIMENSIONAL; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

ABSORPTIVITIES; AVALANCHE IONIZATION; BULK GLASS; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; HEAT SOURCES; INTERNAL MODIFICATIONS; LASER ENERGIES; LASER PARAMETERS; LASER POWER; LASER SOURCES; PULSE DURATIONS; REPETITION RATE; THERMAL CONDUCTION; ULTRASHORT LASER PULSE;

GLASS LASERS;

EID: 79957615556     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.010714     Document Type: Article

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