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Physics of Multishot Laser Damage to Optical Materials Pages: 13 Published: Jan 1991
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View License Agreement Source: STP1141-EB Abstract Fundamental aspects of multishot laser damage are considered: thermal instability in an optical medium due to pulse-to-pulse accumulation of absorbing defects,mechanisms of laser induced defect generation. Effective methods of suppressing a defect formation to increase laser damage resistance are discussed and illustrated by experimental data for various type optical materials. Keywords: multishot and singleshot laser damage, thermal instability, absorbing inclusion, accumulation effect, photoionization, photochemical, thermochemical, mechanochemical processes, thermoelastic stresses, leser damage resistance of crystals, glasses and polymers, laser conditioning Paper ID: STP23646S Committee/Subcommittee: F01.02 DOI: 10.1520/STP23646S ASTM International is a member of CrossRef. | ||