Title :
Laser glass composition and the possibility of eliminating electrostrictive effects
Author_Institution :
Nat. Bur. Stand., Washington DC, USA
fDate :
4/1/1971 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Many authors have stated that electrostrictive self-trapping of the light beam initiates laser damage in solid transparent dielectrics. By systematically varying composition, it may be possible to find a glass in which electrostrictive effects are eliminated.
Keywords :
Acoustic beams; Electrostriction; Glass; Laser beams; NIST; Nonlinear optics; Optical materials; Optical scattering; Refractive index; Solid lasers;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JQE.1971.1076621
