Plasma channel formation and micromodification of KDP crystal by tightly focused Cr:forsterite femtosecond laser radiation

Experiments on single pulse plasma channel formation in non-linear KDP crystal by tightly focused (NA = 0.47) fundamental and doubled Cr:forsterite laser radiation with energy of 0.1 ÷ 10 μJ and 100 fs pulse duration were carried out. We propose the simple model of non-linear absorption of femtosecond laser radiation in plasma channel. This model allows estimate laser intensity in the channel and plasma parameters.