Highlighting of local inhomogeneity in excimer conditioning of KDP

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5647, Issue , 2005, Pages 279-289

  Piombini, Hervé ^a   Damiani, David ^a   Damamme, Gilles ^a   Natoli, Jean Yves ^b   Bertussi, Bertrand ^b   Commandré, Mireille ^b  

^a CEA LE RIPAULT   (France)

^b Ecole Centrale Marseille   (France)

Author keywords

Depth of focus effect; Kdp crystal and excimer laser; Laser conditioning process; Local lidt measurement

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; EXCIMER LASERS; HARMONIC GENERATION; LASER DAMAGE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LUMINESCENCE; NEODYMIUM LASERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SURFACE TREATMENT; THERMAL EFFECTS; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

DEPTH OF FOCUS EFFECT; KDP CRYSTAL AND EXCIMER LASER; LASER CONDITIONING PROCESS; LOCAL LIDT MEASUREMENT;

LASER OPTICS;

EID: 18744384375     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.585302     Document Type: Conference Paper

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