Figures of merit for high-energy laser-window materials: Thermal lensing and thermal stresses

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6403, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Klein, Claude A ^a  

^a Cak Analytics   (United States)

Author keywords

Figure of merit; High energy laser; Laser window; Thermal lensing; Thermal stress; Window material

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL DISTORTIONS; PHASE ABERRATIONS; THERMAL LENSING; WINDOW MATERIALS;

FUSED SILICA; LASER BEAMS; LASER WINDOWS; THERMAL GRADIENTS; THERMAL SHOCK; THERMAL STRESS;

HIGH ENERGY LASERS;

EID: 34247326985     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.695638     Document Type: Conference Paper

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