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It is shown experimentally that the axicon focusing of intense femtosecond laser pulses in transparent dielectrics leads to efficient excitation of shock waves. A method is developed for measuring the dynamics of shock waves, which uses a frequency-chirped probe pulse and has high spatial (∼1 μm) and time (∼10 ps) resolutions. The initial stage of the evolution of an intense (up to 10 GPa) shock wave is studied by this method.
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Translated from Pis’ma v Zhurnal Éksperimental’no\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l} \) i Teoretichesko\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l} \) Fiziki, Vol. 80, No. 5, 2004, pp. 344–348.
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Babin, A.A., Kiselev, A.M., Kulagin, D.I. et al. Shock-wave generation upon axicon focusing of femtosecond laser radiation in transparent dielectrics. Jetp Lett. 80, 298–302 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1825109
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