Effect of the temporal pulse duration on the initiation of damage sites on fused silica surfaces

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7132, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Bertussi, B ^a   Cormont, P ^b   Palmier, S ^b   Gaborit, G ^b   Lamaignere, L ^b   Legros, P ^c   Rullier, J L ^b  

^a CEA LE RIPAULT   (France)

^b CEA CESTA   (France)

^c INSTITUT FRANÇOIS MAGENDIE   (France)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Fused silica; Laser induced damage; Mitigation

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; CHARACTERIZATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FUSED SILICA; HIGH POWER LASERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS;

HIGH POWER LASER FACILITY; LOCAL MELTING; MITIGATION; MITIGATION TECHNIQUES; PULSE DURATIONS; SILICA SURFACE; SURFACE DAMAGES;

LASER DAMAGE;

EID: 62149150599     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.804411     Document Type: Conference Paper

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