Predictive modeling techniques for nanosecond-laser damage growth in fused silica optics

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 15569-15579

  Liao, Zhi M ^a   Abdulla, Ghaleb M ^a   Negres, Raluca A ^a   Cross, David A ^a   Carr, Christopher W ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; LASER DAMAGE; LEARNING SYSTEMS;

DAMAGE GROWTH; FUSED SILICA OPTICS; GROWTH PROCESS; HIGH-ENERGY LASER SYSTEMS; LASER DAMAGE GROWTH; LASER-INDUCED DAMAGE; MACHINE LEARNING CLASSIFICATION; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; OPTICS LIFE-TIME; PREDICTIVE MODELING;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

EID: 84863758120     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.015569     Document Type: Article

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