SYMPOSIA PAPER Published: 01 October 1981
STP37029S

Pulse-Width and Focal-Volume Dependence of Laser-Induced Breakdown

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The laser-induced breakdown fields at 1.06 μm of fused SiO2, single-crystal NaCl, and air were measured as a function of focal volume and laser pulse width while keeping all other parameters, including the specimen, constant. The laser pulse width was varied from 40 psec to 31 nsec, and the focal volume was varied by over two orders of magnitude. The dependence of the breakdown field for NaCl and SiO2 on the laser pulse width tp and the focal folume V was empirically determined to be EB = AV−1tp−1/4 + C and the dependence for air to be EB = (AV−1 + C) tp−1/4, where A and C are material-dependent constants. Current theories of laser-induced breakdown are carefully compared with these present measurements and are found to be inconsistent.

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Van Stryland, EW
Soileau, MJ
Smirl, AL
Williams, WE
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Developed by Committee: F01
Pages: 375–384
DOI: 10.1520/STP37029S
ISBN-EB: 978-0-8031-4820-8
ISBN-13: 978-0-8031-4500-9