• DocumentCode
    1329353
  • Title

    Surface defect generation in optical materials under high fluence laser irradiation in vacuum

  • Author

    Demos, S.G. ; Burnham, A. ; Wegner, P. ; Norton, M. ; Zeller, J. ; Runkel, M. ; Kozlowski, M.R. ; Staggs, M. ; Radousky, H.B.

  • Author_Institution
    Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab., CA, USA
  • Volume
    36
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    3/16/2000 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    566
  • Lastpage
    567
  • Abstract
    It is shown that irradiation of optical materials with high fluence ultraviolet laser pulses at low pressure leads to a rapid growth in the surface defect population and degradation of their performance. Experiments have been performed in nonlinear KH2PO4 crystal and in fused silica, and surface defect populations have been observed following a few tens of high fluence 351 nm pulses
  • Keywords
    hydrogen compounds; laser beam effects; optical materials; potassium compounds; silicon compounds; 351 nm; KH2PO4; SiO2; fused silica; nonlinear KDP crystal; optical material; surface defect generation; ultraviolet laser pulse irradiation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20000419
  • Filename
    840171
    • Link To Document
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