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 …

Highly efficient broadband terahertz generation from ultrashort laser filamentation in liquids

I Dey, K Jana, VY Fedorov, AD Koulouklidis… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Generation and application of energetic, broadband terahertz pulses (bandwidth~ 0.1–50
THz) is an active and contemporary area of research. The main thrust is toward the …

Ultrashort pulse laser surgery of the cornea and the sclera

K Plamann, F Aptel, CL Arnold, A Courjaud… - Journal of …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
The strongly localized interaction process of ultrashort laser pulses with tissue makes
femtosecond lasers a powerful tool for eye surgery. These lasers are now routinely used in …

Femtosecond-Laser-Induced Nanocavitation in Water:<? format?> Implications for Optical Breakdown Threshold and Cell Surgery

A Vogel, N Linz, S Freidank, G Paltauf - Physical review letters, 2008 - APS
We determined the bubble radius R max⁡ for femtosecond optical breakdown in water at
347, 520, and 1040 nm with an unprecedented accuracy (±10 nm). At threshold, R max⁡ …

Wavelength dependence of femtosecond laser-induced breakdown in water and implications for laser surgery

N Linz, S Freidank, XX Liang, A Vogel - Physical Review B, 2016 - APS
The wavelength dependence of the threshold for femtosecond optical breakdown in water
provides information on the interplay of multiphoton, tunneling, and avalanche ionization …

Evaluation of nonlinear absorptivity in internal modification of bulk glass by ultrashort laser pulses

I Miyamoto, K Cvecek, M Schmidt - Optics Express, 2011 - opg.optica.org
Thermal conduction model is presented, by which nonlinear absorptivity of ultrashort laser
pulses in internal modification of bulk glass is simulated. The simulated nonlinear …

Accessing extreme spatiotemporal localization of high-power laser radiation through transformation optics and scalar wave equations

VY Fedorov, M Chanal, D Grojo, S Tzortzakis - Physical Review Letters, 2016 - APS
Although tightly focused intense ultrashort laser pulses are used in many applications from
nano-processing to warm dense matter physics, their nonparaxial propagation implies the …

Internal modification of glass by ultrashort laser pulse and its application to microwelding

I Miyamoto, K Cvecek, Y Okamoto, M Schmidt - Applied Physics A, 2014 - Springer
Internal modification process of glass by ultrashort laser pulse (USLP) and its applications to
microwelding of glass are presented. A simulation model is developed, which can determine …

Multi-rate-equation modeling of the energy spectrum of laser-induced conduction band electrons in water

XX Liang, Z Zhang, A Vogel - Optics express, 2019 - opg.optica.org
We study the energy spectrum of laser-induced conduction band (CB) electrons in water by
multi-rate equations (MRE) with different impact ionization schemes. Rethfeld's MRE model …

Crack-free conditions in welding of glass by ultrashort laser pulse

I Miyamoto, K Cvecek, M Schmidt - Optics express, 2013 - opg.optica.org
The spatial distribution of the laser energy absorbed by nonlinear absorption process in bulk
glass w (z) is determined and thermal cycles due to the successive ultrashort laser pulse …