@proceedings{12244, keywords = {Dielectric mirrors, Infrared lasers, Laser amplifiers, Laser beams, Nonlinear absorption, Optical components}, author = {Guan Gui and Amitava Adak and Manika Dandapat and Daniel Carlson and Drew Morrill and Henry Kapteyn and Margaret Murnane and Chen-Ting Liao}, title = {Strong optical nonlinearities in dispersive dielectric chirped mirrors below the damage threshold}, abstract = {We experimentally characterized an unexpectedly-strong nonlinear response in dispersive dielectric multilayer mirrors below the known damage threshold. We observed a strong reflectivity decrease, local heating, transient spectral modifications, and time-dependent absorption of the incident pulse.}, year = {2020}, journal = {Frontiers in Optics / Laser Science}, pages = {JW6A.18}, month = {2020-11}, publisher = {Optical Society of America}, url = {http://www.osapublishing.org/abstract.cfm?URI=FiO-2020-JW6A.18}, }