Wavelength and pulselength dependence of laser conditioning and bulk damage in doubler-cut KH 2PO 4

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5991, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Adams, J J ^a   Bruere, J R ^a   Bolourchi, M ^a   Carr, C W ^a   Feit, M D ^a   Hackel, R P ^a   Hahn, D E ^a   Jarboe, J A ^a   Lane, L A ^a   Luthi, R L ^a   McElroy, J N ^a   Rubenchik, A M ^a   Stanley, J R ^a   Sell, W D ^a   Vickers, J L ^a   Weiland, T L ^a   Willard, D A ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Damage density; DKDP; KDP; Laser conditioning, bulk damage; Pulselength; Pulselength scaling

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE DENSITY; LASER CONDITIONING, BULK DAMAGE; PULSELENGTH; PULSELENGTH-SCALING;

CRYSTALS; LASER PULSES; LASERS;

LASER DAMAGE;

EID: 33644600909     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.638827     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (14)

1. 4 crystals for the world's most powerful laser," Int. Mater. Rev. 47, 113 (2002)
2. N. P. Zaitseva, J. Atherton, R. Rozca, L. Carmen, I. Smolsky, M. Runkel, R. Lyon, and L. James, J. of Crystal Growth 197, 911 (1999)
3. M. Runkel, S. Maricle, R. Torres, J. Auerbach, R. Floyd, R. Hawley-Fedder, and A. Burnham, "Effect of thermal annealing and second harmonic generation on bulk damage performance of rapid growth KDP type I doublers at 1064 nm", 2000 SPIE Proceedings, 4347, 389 (2001)
4. M. Runkel, K. Neeb, M. Staggs, J. Auerbach, A. K. Burnham, "The results of raster-scan laser conditioning studies on DKDP triplers using Nd:YAG and excimer lasers," 2001 SPIE Proceedings, 4679, 368 (2002)
5. M. Runkel, J. Bruere, W. Sell, T. Weiland, D. Milam, D. Hahn, M. Nostrand, "Effects of pulse duration on bulk laser damage in 350-nm raster scanned DKDP," 2002 SPIE Proceedings, 4932, 405 (2003)
6. M. Runkel, A. K. Burnham, D. Milam, W. Sell, M. Feit, A. Rubenchik, "The results of pulse-scaling experiments on rapid-growth DKDP triplers using the Optical Sciences Laser at 351 nm," 2000 SPIE Proceedings, 4347, 359 (2001)
7. M. Runkel, "Some commonly used calculations in small beam damage testing: Effective area, effective pulse durations, and pulse scaling," NIF report # (October 1, 2002)
8. F. Rainer, "Mapping and inspection of damage and artifacts in large-scale optics," 1996 SPIE Proceedings, 3244, 272 (1997)
9. C. W. Carr, M. D. Feit, A. M. Rubenchik, J. B. Trenholme, "Summary of recent experiments in bulk damage initiation and their interpretation," 2005 SPIE Boulder Damage Symposium, paper 5991-28
10. B. C. Stuart, M. D. Feit, S. Herman, A. M. Rubenchik, B. W. Shore, and M. D. Perry, "Nanosecond-to-femtosecond laser-induced breakdown in dielectrics," Phys. Rev. B, 53, 1749 (1996)
11. P. DeMange, C. W. Carr, R. A. Negres, H. B. Radousky, and S. G. Demos, "Multiwavelength investigation of laser-damage performance in potassium dihydrogen phosphate after laser annealing," Opt. Lett., 30, 221 (2005)
12. 4," 2004 SPIE Proceedings, 5647, 265 (2004)
13. M. D. Feit and A. M. Rubenchik, "Implications of nanoabsorber initiators for damage probability curves, pulse length scaling, and laser conditioning," 2003 SPIE Proceedings, 5273, 74 (2004)
14. M. D. Feit, A. M. Rubenchik, J. B. Trenholme, "Simple model of laser damage initiation and conditioning in frequency conversion crystals," 2005 SPIE Boulder Damage Symposium, paper 5991-17