Rate equation model of bulk optical damage of silica, and the influence of polishing on surface optical damage of silica

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6873, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Smith, Arlee ^a   Do, Binh ^a   Schuster, Rod ^b   Collier, David ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b Alpine Research Optics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

(140.3500) LASERS; (OTDR) TECHNOLOGY; CATASTROPHIC OPTICAL DAMAGE (COD); OPTICAL DAMAGE THRESHOLDS; OPTICAL DAMAGES; PS PULSES; Q-SWITCHED; RATE-EQUATION MODELS; SINGLE-LONGITUDINAL MODE (SLM); SURFACE OPTICAL;

COMPUTER NETWORKS; FIBER AMPLIFIERS; FIBER LASERS; FIBER OPTICS; LASERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; Q SWITCHING; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; TECHNOLOGY; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

FUSED SILICA;

EID: 44949099351     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.774620     Document Type: Conference Paper

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