@inproceedings{9ca7943f104b47f6a32737ea3d8c8ad3,
title = "Ultrashort-pulse laser excitation and damage of dielectric materials: Experiments and modeling",
abstract = "Ultrashort-pulse laser excitation of dielectrics is an intricate problem due to the strong coupling between the rapidly changing material properties and the light. In the present paper, details of a model based on a multiple-rate-equation description of the conduction band are provided. The model is verified by comparison with recent experimental measurements of the transient optical properties in combination with ablation-depth determinations. The excitation process from the first creation of conduction-band electrons at low intensities to the formation of a highly-excited plasma and associated material fragmentation is explained by the model. For quartz samples, the optical properties are strongly influenced by self-trapped excitons, and the associated additions to the model are described.",
keywords = "laser, optical properties, Ultrashort",
author = "Lasse Haahr-Lillevang and Peter Balling",
year = "2015",
month = jul,
day = "10",
doi = "10.1117/12.2185834",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE ",
publisher = "SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering",
booktitle = "Pacific Rim Laser Damage 2015:",
address = "United States",
note = "Pacific Rim Laser Damage 2015: Optical Materials for High-Power Lasers ; Conference date: 17-05-2015 Through 20-05-2015",
}