A change in the refractive properties of water irradiated by a 2.94-mu m erbium laser

Authors
Vodop'yanov, KL Kulevskii, LA Lukashev, AV Pashinin, PP
Citation
Kl. Vodop'Yanov et al., A change in the refractive properties of water irradiated by a 2.94-mu m erbium laser, QUANTUM EL, 30(11), 2000, pp. 975-978
Citations number
45
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
QUANTUM ELECTRONICS
ISSN journal
10637818 → ACNP
Volume
30
Issue
11
Year of publication
2000
Pages
975 - 978
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-7818(200011)30:11<975:ACITRP>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
A decrease in the refractive index of water in its transparency region caus ed by irradiation by high-power 100-ps pulses from a 2.94-mum erbium laser is found and measured. The possible reasons for this phenomenon are discuss ed.