Parametric study of the growth of damage sites on the rear surface of fused silica windows

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4932, Issue , 2003, Pages 127-135

  Raze G ^a   Morchain, J M ^a   Loiseau, M ^a   Lamaignere L ^a   Josse, M ^a   Bercegol, H ^a  

^a CEA Ctr Etud Sci/Tech Aquitaine   (France)

Author keywords

Damage growth; Fused silica; Large area damage tests

Indexed keywords

LASER DAMAGE; NEODYMIUM LASERS;

DAMAGE SITES;

FUSED SILICA;

EID: 0041861100     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.472435     Document Type: Conference Paper

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