Mitigation of laser damage on fused silica surfaces with a variable profile CO2 laser beam

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6403, Issue , 2007, Pages

  During, Annelise ^a   Bouchut, Philippe ^b   Coutard, Jean Guillaume ^b   Leymarie, Christophe ^a   Bercegol, Hervé ^a  

^a CEA CESTA   (France)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

CO2 laser; Laser damage growth; Mitigation of damage growth; Silica; UV laser damage

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; GROWTH (MATERIALS); LASER BEAMS; LASER DAMAGE; SOLID STATE LASERS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

LASER DAMAGE GROWTH; LASER DAMAGE RESISTANCE; UV LASER DAMAGE;

FUSED SILICA;

EID: 34247383184     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.695446     Document Type: Conference Paper

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