A study of the effects of polishing, etching, cleaving, and water leaching on the UV laser damage of fused silica

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3244, Issue , 1997, Pages 331-340

  Yoshiyama, J ^a   Genin F Y ^a   Salleo, A ^a   Thomas, I ^a   Kozlowski, M R ^a   Sheehan, L M ^a   Hutcheon, I D ^a   Camp, D W ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

355 nm; Damage morphology; Environmental effects.; Etching; Fused silica; Laser induced damage threshold; Microcracks; Sub surface damage; Surface contamination

Indexed keywords

ETCHING; HYDROLYSIS; LASER DAMAGE; LEACHING; MICROCRACKS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLISHING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CLEAVING; DISTILLED WATER;

FUSED SILICA;

EID: 0031289906     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.307041     Document Type: Conference Paper

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