Title : 
Electric stress and laser surface damage
         
        
        
            Author_Institution : 
Perkin-Elmer Corporation, Wilton, CT, USA
         
        
        
        
        
            fDate : 
8/1/1972 12:00:00 AM
         
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Small craters are formed when a self-focused laser filament reaches an end surface of a glass sample. These may be formed by the electric surface stress. The normal pressure is typically 107N.m-2(1500 lbf/in2) at threshold pulse energies for a track radius of 2.5 μm.
         
        
            Keywords : 
Electrons; Gas lasers; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Oscilloscopes; Power lasers; Stress; Surface emitting lasers;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/JQE.1972.1077278