Pump and probe damage testing for investigation of transient material modifications associated with laser damage in optical materials

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6720, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Negres, R A ^a   Feit, M D ^a   DeMange, P ^a   Bude, J D ^a   Demos, S G ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser induced material modifications; Localized energy deposition; Optical materials

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; FUSED SILICA; LASER BEAMS; LASER DAMAGE; LASERS; MATERIALS SCIENCE; MATERIALS TESTING; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL TESTING; PIGMENTS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; PUMPING (LASER); PUMPS; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

(I ,J) CONDITIONS; DAMAGE TESTING; EVOLUTION (CO); EXTREME CONDITIONS; HIGH-POWER LASERS; HOST MATERIALS; INDUCED ABSORPTION; LASER ENERGY DEPOSITION; LASER INDUCED BREAKDOWN (LIB); LASER-INDUCED DAMAGE; MATERIAL MODIFICATIONS; OPTICAL (PET) (OPET); PROBE PULSES; PROOF-OF-PRINCIPLE (POP); SPATIAL OVERLAP; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION (TA); TRANSIENT OPTICAL ABSORPTION (TOA);

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 45549093663     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.750091     Document Type: Conference Paper

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