In Situ Optical Breakdown-Studies For A Large CO2 Laser Amplifier

C. J. Elliott; R. G. Bjurstrom; J. P. Carpenter; E. L. Coffelt; J. J. Hayden; D. E. Hebron; J. McLeod; V. Romero

doi:10.1117/12.932038

30 December 1981 In Situ Optical Breakdown-Studies For A Large CO2 Laser Amplifier

C. J. Elliott, R. G. Bjurstrom, J. P. Carpenter, E. L. Coffelt, J. J. Hayden, D. E. Hebron, J. McLeod, V. Romero

Proceedings Volume 0288, Los Alamos Conf on Optics '81; (1981) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.932038
Event: Los Alamos Conference on Optics, 1981, Los Alamos, United States

Abstract

We study optical breakdown from target reflected optical pulses in the Gemini laser system. We measure the retropulse fluence (or illuminance) leaving the amplifier in terms of the energy entering the breakdown region and find qualitative agreement but no quantitative agreement with theory. Particulates were observed on nucleopore filters through which gas samples were drawn.

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C. J. Elliott, R. G. Bjurstrom, J. P. Carpenter, E. L. Coffelt, J. J. Hayden, D. E. Hebron, J. McLeod, and V. Romero "In Situ Optical Breakdown-Studies For A Large CO2 Laser Amplifier", Proc. SPIE 0288, Los Alamos Conf on Optics '81, (30 December 1981); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.932038

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