DocumentCode
376165
Title
Femtosecond laser-induced microexplosions in transparent materials
Author
Ashcom, Jonathan B. ; Mazur, Eric
Author_Institution
Div. of Appl. Phys., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA, USA
Volume
1
fYear
2001
fDate
2001
Firstpage
300
Abstract
After reviewing some of the fundamentals of surface and bulk damage in transparent materials, this talk will present an overview of work being done in our laboratory on tightly focusing femtosecond pulses into the bulk of transparent materials with an emphasis on materials processing and micromachining
Keywords
explosions; high-speed optical techniques; laser beam effects; laser beam machining; laser materials processing; micromachining; optical focusing; transparency; bulk damage; femtosecond laser-induced microexplosions; laboratory; laser materials processing; micromachining; overview; review; surface damage; tightly focusing femtosecond pulses; transparent materials; Absorption; Apertures; Ionization; Micromachining; Nonlinear optics; Optical materials; Optical pulses; Optical scattering; Optical waveguides; Ultrafast optics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2001. LEOS 2001. The 14th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location
San Diego, CA
ISSN
1092-8081
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7105-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LEOS.2001.969294
Filename
969294
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