Is the nano-explosion really microscopic?

Saulius Juodkazis; Hiroaki Misawa; Eugene G. Gamaly; Barry Luther-Davies; Ludovic Hallo; Philippe Nicolai; Vladimir T. Tikhonchuk

doi:10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2009.02.013

Is the nano-explosion really microscopic?

Saulius Juodkazis^*, Hiroaki Misawa, Eugene G. Gamaly, Barry Luther-Davies, Ludovic Hallo, Philippe Nicolai, Vladimir T. Tikhonchuk

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Abstract

It is demonstrated that the processes leading to nano-void formation under single-pulse tight focusing in dielectrics are described by the same laws used to describe macroscopic explosions but with energies 10²¹ times lower and space and time scales reduced by 10⁷.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1160-1162
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids
Volume	355
Issue number	18-21
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2009.02.013
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2009

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