Preliminary results on mitigation of KDP surface damage using the ball dimpling method

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6720, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Guillet, François ^a   Bertussi, Bertrand ^a   Lamaignere, Laurent ^b   Leborgne, Xavier ^a   Minot, Benoît ^a  

^a CEA LE RIPAULT   (France)

^b CEA CESTA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

(E ,3E) PROCESS; BULK DAMAGES; HIGH-POWER LASERS; LASER CONDITIONING; LASER INDUCED; LASER IRRADIATIONS; LASER-INDUCED DAMAGE; OPTICAL (PET) (OPET); SURFACE DAMAGES;

LASER BEAMS; LASER DAMAGE; LASER OPTICS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PIGMENTS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SPECIFICATIONS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACES;

LASERS;

EID: 45549089345     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.752822     Document Type: Conference Paper

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