Laser induced damage and fracture in fused silica vacuum windows

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2966, Issue , 1997, Pages 106-125

  Campbell, Jack H ^a   Hurst, Patricia A ^a   Heggins, Dwight D ^a   Steele, William A ^a   Bumpas, Stanley E ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fused silica; Glass fracture; Laser damage; Spatial filter lens

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); FRACTURE; GLASS; GROWTH (MATERIALS); LASER DAMAGE; LASER WINDOWS; LASERS; LENSES; OPTICAL GLASS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OXIDES; SILICA; SILICON COMPOUNDS; TENSILE STRENGTH; VACUUM; WINDOWS;

AIR LEAKS; BEAMLET; CATASTROPHIC FRACTURES; CRACK GROWTHS; CRITICAL FLAW SIZES; FINITE ELEMENT STRESSES; FLAW DEPTHS; FLAW SIZES; FLUENCE; GLASS FRACTURE; LASER INDUCED; PEAK STRESSES; SECONDARY CRACKS; SPATIAL FILTER LENS; STORED ENERGIES; SURFACE FLAWS; THREE PARAMETERS; VACUUM BARRIERS; VACUUM SIDES; VACUUM SYSTEMS; VACUUM WINDOWS;

FUSED SILICA;

EID: 0000007345     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.274227     Document Type: Conference Paper

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