Initiation, growth and mitigation of UV laser induced damage in fused silica

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4679, Issue , 2002, Pages 79-95

  Rubenchik, A M ^a   Feit, M D ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crater formation; Initiators; Laser damage; Mitigation

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; FUSED SILICA; PHOTONS; THERMAL STRESS; ULTRASHORT PULSES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

LASER INTENSIFICATION;

LASER DAMAGE;

EID: 0036028968     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.461680     Document Type: Conference Paper

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