Investigation of processes leading to damage growth in optical materials for large-aperture lasers

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 3628-3633

  Demos, Stavros G ^a   Staggs, Mike ^a   Kozlowski, Mark R ^b  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Cierra Photonics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CRACKS; FUSED SILICA; GROWTH (MATERIALS); OPTICAL MATERIALS; PLASMAS;

LARGE-APERTURE LASERS;

LASER DAMAGE;

EID: 0037141896     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.003628     Document Type: Article

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