Optical breakdown in fused silica and argon gas: Application to Nd:YAG laser limiter

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 579-584

  Galt, Sheila ^a,b   Sjöberg, Mats ^a,b   Quiroga Teixeiro, Manuel Lopez ^a,c   Hård, Sverker ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b SWEREA IVF   (Sweden)

^c Gridcore AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; FUSED SILICA; LASER PULSES; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

OPTICAL BREAKDOWN;

LASER BEAM EFFECTS;

EID: 0037455451     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.000579     Document Type: Article

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