Abstract
Single pulses from a well-calibrated mode-locked YAG:Nd laser have been used to study the dielectric-breakdown properties of 14 transparent solids. Results are presented for the breakdown threshold electric fields, accurate to an estimated 15%. The experimental technique permits simultaneous measurement of the nonlinear susceptibility $\ensuremath{\chi}_{\mathrm{xxxx}}^{}{}_{}{}^{(3)}(\ensuremath{-}\ensuremath{\omega},\ensuremath{\omega},\ensuremath{\omega},\ensuremath{-}\ensuremath{\omega})$, via the nonlinear refractive index. Susceptibility results with estimated accuracy of 50% are presented.
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OmegaDielectricPicosecondRefractive indexLaserOpticsMaterials scienceNonlinear systemPhysicsAtomic physicsOptoelectronicsQuantum mechanics
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- 12
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- 2
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- 706-714
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W. L. Smith,
J. H. Bechtel,
N. Bloembergen
(1975).
Dielectric-breakdown threshold and nonlinear-refractive-index measurements with picosecond laser pulses.
Physical review. B, Solid state
, 12
(2)
, 706-714.
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.12.706
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- 10.1103/physrevb.12.706