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We investigated the energy deposition process leading to the waveguide inscription in transparent dielectrics both experimentally and theoretically. Parameters of multiphoton absorption process and inscription thresholds were measured in a range of materials including YAG, ZnSe, RbPb2Cl5 crystals, and in fused silica and BK7 glasses.
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This article is based on the report 1.3.6 presented at the Seventeenth International Laser Physics Workshop (LPHYS’08), Trondheim, Norway, June 30–July 4, 2008.
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Okhrimchuk, A.G., Mezentsev, V.K., Schmitz, H. et al. Cascaded nonlinear absorption of femtosecond laser pulses in dielectrics. Laser Phys. 19, 1415–1422 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1054660X09070081
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