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Multiphoton process investigation in silica by UV femtosecond laser
2022
We investigated the interaction processes between high intensity femtosecond ultraviolet laser pulses and amorphous silica, leading to permanent refractive-index changes that are at the basis of advanced manufacturing for photonics devices. The experiment, carried out as a function of the laser power, improves our understanding on the strong-field ionization process by the monitoring of the 1.9 eV and 2.65 eV emissions, related to nonbridging oxygen hole centers and self-trapped exciton, respectively, induced in the exposed glass region. Our results clearly proved that the UV laser light band-to-band absorption is allowed in the multiphoton ionization limit, whose consecutive relaxation lea…
Ultrafast ionization and rotational dynamics of molecules in strong laser fields
2021
The investigation of ultrafast molecular dynamics is of great importance towards the understanding of a variety of natural phenomena in physical and chemical sciences. With the rapid development of femtosecond laser systems and precision detection technologies, it is possible now to visualize and steer the motion of molecules in matter as well as the ultrafast dynamics of electrons and nuclei in molecules on a microscopic timescale. When a molecule is exposed to a strong laser field, its electrons can be freed or excited, which often triggers a rapid dissociation of the system, in which the released electrons and nuclei exhibit a strong correlation, while the electronic motion on attosecond…