Recent progress in theoretical studies of laser-induced damage (LID) in optical materials: fundamental properties of LID threshold in the wide-pulse-width range from microseconds to femtoseconds

M. F. Koldunov; Alexander A. Manenkov

doi:10.1117/12.344424

7 April 1999 Recent progress in theoretical studies of laser-induced damage (LID) in optical materials: fundamental properties of LID threshold in the wide-pulse-width range from microseconds to femtoseconds

M. F. Koldunov, Alexander A. Manenkov

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Proceedings Volume 3578, Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 1998; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.344424
Event: Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 1998, 1998, Boulder, CO, United States

Abstract

We present an overview of our theoretical studies on laser- induced damage (LID) in transparent optical materials including recent results on a pulsewidth dependence of the LID threshold, thermoelastic stress-induced damage criteria, damage morphology features, peculiarities of the LID at ultrashort pulse irradiation. Main attention is focused on inclusion-initiated damage, but some results are related also to intrinsic damage mechanisms. Theoretical results are compared with available experimental data on pulsewidth dependence of the LID threshold in bulk optical materials, on damage feature in thin films and on damage morphology studies. A good agreement of theoretically predicted and observed features is demonstrated, in particular, for the pulsewidth dependence of the LID threshold in a wide pulsewidth range from nanoseconds to femtoseconds.

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M. F. Koldunov and Alexander A. Manenkov "Recent progress in theoretical studies of laser-induced damage (LID) in optical materials: fundamental properties of LID threshold in the wide-pulse-width range from microseconds to femtoseconds", Proc. SPIE 3578, Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 1998, (7 April 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.344424

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