40 year retrospective of fundamental mechanisms

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7132, Issue , 2008, Pages 713201-

  Soileau, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Band gap dependence; Fundamental mechanisms; Laser induced breakdown (LIB); Laser induced damage (LID); Pulse width dependence; Scaling laws; Self focusing; Sol gel Coatings; Surface ripples; Wavelength dependence

Indexed keywords

BAND-GAP DEPENDENCE; FUNDAMENTAL MECHANISMS; LASER-INDUCED BREAKDOWN (LIB); LASER-INDUCED DAMAGE (LID); PULSE-WIDTH DEPENDENCE; SELF-FOCUSING; SOL GEL COATINGS; SURFACE RIPPLES; WAVELENGTH DEPENDENCE;

FOCUSING; GELATION; GELS; LASER DAMAGE; LASERS; MECHANISMS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PARTICLE SIZE; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SOLS;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 62149116491     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.804556     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (23)

1. This paper is not meant to be an inclusive review of LID, rather the reflections of the author on the 40 years of publications of the proceedings of the Laser Induced Damage Symposium. These proceedings are available on-line at SPIE.org, hard copy, and searchable CDs.
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