Influence of bandgap and polarization on photo-ionization: Guidelines for ultrafast laser inscription [Invited]

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 670-677

  Little, Douglas J ^a   Ams, Martin ^a   Withford, Michael J ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULARLY POLARIZED; CIRCULARLY POLARIZED BEAM; LINEARLY POLARIZED; PHOSPHATE GLASS; REFRACTIVE INDEX CHANGES;

BOROSILICATE GLASS; IONIZATION; POLARIZATION; YTTERBIUM;

ULTRAFAST LASERS;

EID: 84862129292     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.1.000670     Document Type: Article

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