Electrodynamic instability as a reason for bulk and surface optical damage of transparent media and thin films

Vitali E. Gruzdev; Mikhail N. Libenson

doi:10.1117/12.240351

27 May 1996 Electrodynamic instability as a reason for bulk and surface optical damage of transparent media and thin films

Vitali E. Gruzdev, Mikhail N. Libenson

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Proceedings Volume 2714, 27th Annual Boulder Damage Symposium: Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 1995; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.240351
Event: Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 1995, 1995, Boulder, CO, United States

Abstract

Electromagnetic field instability in nonabsorbing dielectric nonhomogeneity is considered to be one of possible mechanisms of field localization and abrupt amplitude increasing in transparent dielectric materials. Instability threshold estimates and some parametric dependences of the threshold amplitude are obtained making use of model of field instability in dielectric sphere. It is discussed using of the model for analysis of optical breakdown processes in transparent media.

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Vitali E. Gruzdev and Mikhail N. Libenson "Electrodynamic instability as a reason for bulk and surface optical damage of transparent media and thin films", Proc. SPIE 2714, 27th Annual Boulder Damage Symposium: Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 1995, (27 May 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.240351

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