Time-resolved microscope system to image material response following localized laser energy deposition: Exit surface damage in fused silica as a case example

Optical Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Raman, Rajesh N ^a   Negres, Raluca A ^a   Demos, Stavros G ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

fused silica; laser ablation; laser damage; microscopy; time resolved imaging

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DEPOSITIONS; FINAL STATE; IMAGE MATERIALS; INITIAL ENERGY; LASER ENERGY DEPOSITION; LASER-INDUCED DAMAGE; MATERIAL RESPONSE; MATERIAL'S SURFACE; MICROSCOPE SYSTEMS; MULTIPLE IMAGING; SEQUENCE OF EVENTS; SURFACE DAMAGES; TIME POINTS; TIME RESOLVED IMAGING; TIME-RESOLVED;

IMAGE ACQUISITION; LASER ABLATION; LASER DAMAGE; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; SURFACES;

FUSED SILICA;

EID: 79951486915     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3526689     Document Type: Article

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