Simulation and analysis of ultrafast-laser-pulse-induced plasma generation in fused silica

Optical Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Gulley, Jeremy R ^a   Winkler, Sebastian W ^a   Dennis, W M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

computational optics; fused silica; laser induced damage; nonlinear optics; nonlinear Schr dinger equation; plasma generation; ultrafast pulse propagation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL OPTICS; DINGER EQUATION; LASER-INDUCED DAMAGE; PLASMA GENERATION; ULTRAFAST PULSE;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION IN PLASMA; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PLASMA DENSITY; PULSE GENERATORS;

FUSED SILICA;

EID: 80855127672     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2919721     Document Type: Article

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