Dielectric-breakdown threshold and nonlinear-refractive-index measurements with picosecond laser pulses
- 15 July 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 12 (2), 706-714
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.12.706
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 , via the nonlinear refractive index. Susceptibility results with estimated accuracy of 50% are presented.
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