Laser-induced damage in deuterated potassium dihydrogen phosphate

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 27, 2003, Pages 5483-5495

  Burnham, Alan K ^a   Runkel, Michael ^a   Feit, Michael D ^a   Rubenchik, Alexander M ^a   Floyd, Randy L ^a   Land, Teresa A ^a   Siekhaus, Wigbert J ^a   Fedder, Ruth A Hawley ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMPURITIES; LIGHT PROPAGATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC AXES;

LASER DAMAGE;

EID: 0141901762     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.005483     Document Type: Article

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