Influence of the cut angle on the laser damage threshold of KDP

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5991, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Piombini, Hervé ^a   Pommies, Matthieu ^a   Damiani, David ^a   Mathis, Hervé ^a   Lamaignere, Laurent ^b   Donval, Thierry ^b   Loiseau, Marc ^b   Capoulade, Jérémy ^c   Bertussi, Bertrand ^c   Natoli, Jean Yves ^c  

^a CEA LE RIPAULT   (France)

^b CEA CESTA   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Conditioning process; Excimer laser; KDP; LIDT; YAG laser and scaling law

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; EXCIMER LASERS; LASER PULSES; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION;

CONDITIONING PROCESS; LIDT; YAG LASER AND SCALING LAW;

LASER DAMAGE;

EID: 33644599144     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.637890     Document Type: Conference Paper

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