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Interaction of laser radiation with matter

Transmission of laser radiation by absorbing liquids

S. I. Dolgaev, A. V. Simakin, G. A. Shafeev

Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Abstract: Transmission of radiation from a free-running 2.94-μm Er³⁺ : YAG laser by strongly absorbing liquids is studied. It is shown that transmission of radiation is caused by the development of a channel in the liquid, which is formed by a laser pulse itself. The transmission in water, ethanol, and glycerol is studied as a function of the laser pulse energy and the liquid thickness.

PACS: 78.30.Cp, 42.62.-b

Received: 30.01.2002

 English version: Quantum Electronics, 2002, 32:5, 443–446

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