Femtosecond-laser ablation dynamics of dielectrics: basics and applications for thin films

P Balling, J Schou - Reports on progress in physics, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Laser ablation of dielectrics by ultrashort laser pulses is reviewed. The basic interaction
between ultrashort light pulses and the dielectric material is described, and different …

Laser-induced excitation mechanisms and phase transitions in spectrochemical analysis–Review of the fundamentals

P Vanraes, A Bogaerts - Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy, 2021 - Elsevier
Nowadays, lasers are commonly applied in spectrochemical analysis methods, for sampling,
plasma formation or a combination of both. Despite the numerous investigations that have …

Efficient microwelding of glass substrates by ultrafast laser irradiation using a double-pulse train

K Sugioka, M Iida, H Takai, K Micorikawa - Optics letters, 2011 - opg.optica.org
Efficient microwelding of glass substrates by irradiation by a double-pulse train of ultrafast
laser pulses is demonstrated. Temporal beam sha** techniques such as double-pulse …

Femtosecond laser ablation of dielectric materials in the optical breakdown regime: Expansion of a transparent shell

M García-Lechuga, J Siegel… - Applied Physics …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
Phase transition pathways of matter upon ablation with ultrashort laser pulses have been
considered to be understood long-since for metals and semiconductors. We provide …

Imaging the ultrafast Kerr effect, free carrier generation, relaxation and ablation dynamics of Lithium Niobate irradiated with femtosecond laser pulses

M Garcia-Lechuga, J Siegel… - Journal of Applied …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
The interaction of high-power single 130 femtosecond (fs) laser pulses with the surface of
Lithium Niobate is experimentally investigated in this work. The use of fs-resolution time …

Dynamical rate equation model for femtosecond laser-induced breakdown in dielectrics

JL Déziel, LJ Dubé, C Varin - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
Experimental and theoretical studies of laser-induced breakdown in dielectrics provide
conflicting conclusions about the possibility to trigger ionization avalanche on the …

Prediction of laser-induced breakdown in sub-micron-thick dielectric targets for laser-ion acceleration

S Assenbaum, S Bock, TE Cowan… - Plasma Physics and …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
In laser-ion acceleration experiments, the interaction of the rising flank of a high power laser
pulse with the target can cause pre-ionization and subsequent target pre-expansion long …

Ad-hoc design of temporally shaped fs laser pulses based on plasma dynamics for deep ablation in fused silica

J Hernandez-Rueda, J Siegel, D Puerto… - Applied Physics A, 2013 - Springer
We have analyzed the ablation depth yield of fused silica irradiated with shaped pulse trains
with a separation of 500 fs and increasing or decreasing intensity envelopes. This temporal …

The behaviour of sapphire under intense two-colour excitation by picosecond laser

M Gedvilas, V Stankevič, G Račiukaitis - Lithuanian Journal of Physics, 2021 - lmaleidykla.lt
Ultrashort pulse lasers are evidencing their benefits in the processing of transparent
materials. Sapphire is one of the most attractive engineering materials today. It is hard and …

[BOOK][B] Pulsed laser induced breakdown in solid state materials and air

Z Sun - 2015 - search.proquest.com
Pulsed laser induced breakdown in solid state materials and air Page 1 ¡¢£¤¡¢¥ ¦§¢ Candidate
Optical Science and Engineering - Physics Department This dissertation is approved, and it is …