A new technique to study dielectric breakdown with picosecond laser pulses

H. R. Telle; A. Laubereau

doi:10.1016/0030-4018(80)90035-8

A new technique to study dielectric breakdown with picosecond laser pulses

H. R. Telle, A. Laubereau

Universität Bayreuth

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With ultrashort light pulses at high intensity, a sharp increase of second harmonic generation is observed in various media presenting direct evidence for a large carrier concentration produced by dialectric breakdown. In water, signals up to 10⁸ photons at the second harmonic frequency are measured and compared with model calculations, which suggest an electron density of ∼ 10²⁰ cm^-3. Breakdown is found to occur at power levels notably higher than inferred from the ocular observation of broad band luminescence.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	287-292
Number of pages	6
Journal	Optics Communications
Volume	34
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0030-4018(80)90035-8
State	Published - 1980
Externally published	Yes

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