Ionization dynamics and damage conditions in fused silica irradiated with mid-infrared femtosecond pulses

GD Tsibidis, E Stratakis - Applied Physics Letters, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The employment of ultrashort laser sources at the mid-infrared (mid-IR) spectral region for
dielectrics is expected to open innovative routes for laser patterning and a wealth of exciting …

Modelling of the ultrafast dynamics and surface plasmon properties of silicon upon irradiation with mid-IR femtosecond laser pulses

E Petrakakis, GD Tsibidis, E Stratakis - Physical Review B, 2019 - APS
We present a theoretical investigation of the ultrafast processes and dynamics of the
produced excited carriers upon irradiation of silicon with femtosecond pulsed lasers in the …

Femtosecond damage experiments and modeling of broadband mid-infrared dielectric diffraction gratings

S Zhang, M Tripepi, A AlShafey, N Talisa… - Optics express, 2021 - opg.optica.org
High peak and average power lasers with high wall-plug efficiency, like the Big Aperture
Thulium (BAT) laser, have garnered tremendous attention in laser technology. To meet the …

Ultrafast excitation of conduction-band electrons by high-intensity ultrashort laser pulses in band-gap solids: Vinogradov equation versus Drude model

O Sergaeva, V Gruzdev, D Austin, E Chowdhury - JOSA B, 2018 - opg.optica.org
Heating of conduction-band electrons is one of the major processes of energy absorption
and transfer in high-intensity ultrafast laser–solid interactions. It is frequently simulated by …

Strong Field Laser induced surface structuring in Mid-IR wavelengths

E Chowdhury, N Talisa, K Werner, S Irani… - High Intensity Lasers …, 2018 - opg.optica.org
Strong Field Laser induced surface structuring in Mid-IR wavelengths Page 1 HT3A.7.pdf
High-brightness Sources and Light-driven Interactions Congress 2018 (HILAS, MICS, EUVXRAY) …