# Laser-induced plasma formation and cavitation in water: from nanoeffects to extreme states of matter

- Title: Laser-induced plasma formation and cavitation in water: from nanoeffects to extreme states of matter
- Authors: Norbert Linz; Sebastian Freidank; Xiao-Xuan Liang; Alfred Vogel
- Year: 2025
- DOI: 10.1088/1361-6633/adedb3
- arXiv ID/URL: Not yet checked
- Source URL: https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6633/adedb3
- Record type: journal-article
- Date searched: 2026-10-14
- Record origin: Existing project citation
- Evidence level: E: author accepted-manuscript abstract
- Access status: Author-hosted or repository copy verified; see evidence locator.
- Lesson mapping: Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3

## Two-sentence summary

Optical breakdown links laser pulse conditions with plasma formation, bubble growth, and shock energy.
Plasma photography, probe-beam scattering, and absorption measurements examined tightly focused laser pulses in water.

## Provenance

Canonical metadata: https://api.crossref.org/works/10.1088%2F1361-6633%2Fadedb3

Venue: Reports on Progress in Physics

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## Applicability and gaps

Journal publication is 2025; the accepted-manuscript revision is dated 2026. Breakdown energy fractions require matching to that water-plasma regime.

## Merged discovery arxiv_2501.11029.md

- https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.11029

## Evidence review

- Date read: 2026-10-18
- Source read: https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.11029
- Locator: Abstract; journal reference; revision history