Theoretical and experimental study on femtosecond laser-induced damage in MgF2 crystals

  • Chengbin Li*
  • , Tianqing Jia
  • , Haiyi Sun
  • , Xiaoxi Li
  • , Shizhen Xu
  • , Donghai Feng
  • , Xiaofeng Wang
  • , Xiaochun Ge
  • , Zhizhan Xu
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We study single-shot damage morphology of MgF2 irradiated under 800 nm laser using scanning electronic microscope (SEM). The dependence of damage threshold on laser pulse width is measured by the linear relationship between the area of damage spot and the logarithm of laser energy. The pulse duration ranges from 55 fs to 750 fs. We develop the multiple-equation model (Phys. Rev. Lett. Vol.92, pp.187401, 2004), in which two-photon absorption in the conduction band is considered. The experimental results agree well with our model.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)126-128
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering
Volume1
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jul 2006
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Damage mechanism
  • Femtosecond laser
  • Magnesium Fluoride
  • Two-photon absorptio

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