FEMTOSECOND MULTIPHOTON GENERATION OF THE SELF-TRAPPED EXCITON IN ALPHA-SIO2

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JOOSEN, W [1 ]
GUIZARD, S [1 ]
MARTIN, P [1 ]
PETITE, G [1 ]
AGOSTINI, P [1 ]
DOSSANTOS, A [1 ]
GRILLON, G [1 ]
HULIN, D [1 ]
MIGUS, A [1 ]
ANTONETTI, A [1 ]
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[1] ECOLE POLYTECHN,ECOLE NATL SUPER TECH AVANCEES,OPT APPL LAB,F-91120 PALAISEAU,FRANCE
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10.1063/1.108258
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Nonlinear optical excitation of crystalline quartz with intense femtosecond UV pulses yields the 2.8 eV recombination luminescence of the self-trapped exciton. The relation between the excitation and emission intensities reveals two- and three-photon kinetics for photon energies of 4.4 and 4.0 eV at excitation densities below 10(18) cm-3. These power laws are not sizably influenced by transient linear absorption, self-focusing, and filamentation.
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