Mechanisms of femtosecond laser-induced refractive index modification of poly(methyl methacrylate)

Baum, A., Scully, P. J., Perrie, W., Liu, D. and Lucarini, V. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9392-1471 (2010) Mechanisms of femtosecond laser-induced refractive index modification of poly(methyl methacrylate). Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics, 27 (1). pp. 107-111. ISSN 0030-3941 doi: 10.1364/JOSAB.27.000107

Abstract/Summary

The mechanisms of refractive index change in poly(methyl methacrylate) by frequency doubled femtosecond laser pulses are investigated. It is demonstrated that positive refractive index modificaton can be caused by a combination of depolymerization and crosslinking.

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URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/16699
Identification Number/DOI	10.1364/JOSAB.27.000107
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Science > School of Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences > Department of Meteorology Interdisciplinary Research Centres (IDRCs) > Walker Institute Science > School of Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences > Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Publisher	The Optical Society of America
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