The effect of laser pulse shape and duration on the size at which damage sites initiate and the implications to subsequent repair

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 104, 2011, Pages A859-A864

  Carr, C W ^a   Cross, D A ^a   Norton, M A ^a   Negres, R A ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH POWER LASERS; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

ACID ETCHING; LASER MITIGATION; LOW PROBABILITY; OPTICAL COMPONENTS; PRE-EXPOSURE; SMALL DAMAGE;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 79959863169     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.00A859     Document Type: Article

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