Toward predicting the laser damage threshold of large-area optics

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2966, Issue , 1997, Pages 451-462

  Hue, Jean ^a   Génin, François Y ^b   Maricle, Stephen M ^b   Kozlowski, Mark R ^b  

^a CEA LETI   (France)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Damage morphology; Damage size; Functional threshold; Large area optics; Laser induced damage; Statistical information; Threshold distribution; Threshold mapping

Indexed keywords

CONFORMAL MAPPING; IGNITION; LASER DAMAGE; OPTICAL COATINGS; OPTICAL MATERIALS;

DAMAGE MORPHOLOGY; DAMAGE SIZE; FUNCTIONAL THRESHOLD; LARGE-AREA OPTICS; STATISTICAL INFORMATION; THRESHOLD DISTRIBUTION; THRESHOLD MAPPING;

LASERS;

EID: 58149289983     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.274250     Document Type: Conference Paper

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