Laser-induced defect reactions governing damage initiation in DKDP crystals

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 5313-5328

  Demange, Paul ^a   Negres, Raluca A ^a   Carr, Christopher W ^a   Radousky, Harry B ^a   Demos, Stavros G ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LASER DAMAGE; LASER PULSES; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS;

DEFECT STRUCTURE; LASER-INDUCED DEFECT; LASER-INDUCED DEFECT REACTIONS; SPECTRAL RANGES;

CRYSTAL DEFECTS;

EID: 33745125995     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.005313     Document Type: Article

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