Laser-induced birefringence in fused silica from polarized lasers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5754, Issue PART 2, 2005, Pages 638-645

  Neukirch, Ulrich ^a   Allan, Douglas C ^a   Borrelli, Nicholas F ^a   Heckle, Christine E ^a   Mlejnek, Michal ^a   Moll, Johannes ^a   Smith, Charlene M ^a  

^a Corning Incorporated ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Fused silica; Laser induced damage; Strain; Wavefront distortion

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPOSITION; EXCIMER LASERS; FUSED SILICA; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LASER DAMAGE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; STRAIN; WAVEFRONTS;

OPTICAL ANISOTROPY; PERMANENT ANISOTROPY; POLARIZATION-INDUCED EFFECTS; WAVEFRONT DISTORTION;

BIREFRINGENCE;

EID: 25144465424     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.598741     Document Type: Conference Paper

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