Effect of water impurity in CsLiB6O10 crystals on bulk laser-induced damage threshold and transmittance in the ultraviolet region

Applied Optics

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1658-1662

  Kawamura, Takahiro ^a,b   Yoshimura, Masashi ^a,b   Honda, Yoshiyuki ^a,b   Nishioka, Masato ^a,b   Shimizu, Yohei ^a,b   Kitaoka, Yasuo ^a,b   Mori, Yusuke ^a,b   Sasaki, Takatomo ^a,b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL IMPURITIES; HEAT TREATMENT; ULTRAVIOLET LASERS;

AFTER-HEAT TREATMENT; AMBIENT ATMOSPHERE; BULK LASERS; DRY ATMOSPHERES; EFFECT OF WATER; ULTRAVIOLET REGION; WATER IMPURITIES;

LASER DAMAGE;

EID: 65249095592     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.48.001658     Document Type: Article

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