Thermal imaging investigation of modified fused silica at surface damage sites for understanding the underlying mechanisms of damage growth

R. A. Negres; M. W. Burke; P. DeMange; S. B. Sutton; M. D. Feit; S. G. Demos

doi:10.1117/12.695476

15 January 2007 Thermal imaging investigation of modified fused silica at surface damage sites for understanding the underlying mechanisms of damage growth

R. A. Negres, M. W. Burke, P. DeMange, S. B. Sutton, M. D. Feit, S. G. Demos

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Proceedings Volume 6403, Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 2006; 640306 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.695476
Event: Boulder Damage Symposium XXXVIII: Annual Symposium on Optical Materials for High Power Lasers, 2006, Boulder, Colorado, United States

Abstract

We use an infrared thermal imaging system in combination with a fluorescence microscope to map the dynamics of the local surface temperature and fluorescence intensity under cw, UV excitation of laser-modified fused silica within a damage site. Based on a thermal diffusion model, we estimate the energy deposited via linear absorption mechanisms and derive the linear absorption coefficient of the modified material. The results indicate that the damage growth mechanism is not entirely based on linear absorption. Specifically, the absorption cross-section derived above would prove insuffcient to cause a significant increase in the temperature of the modified material under nanosecond, pulsed excitation (via linear absorption at ICF laser fluences). In addition, irreversible changes in the absorption cross-section following extended cw, UV laser exposure were observed.

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R. A. Negres, M. W. Burke, P. DeMange, S. B. Sutton, M. D. Feit, and S. G. Demos "Thermal imaging investigation of modified fused silica at surface damage sites for understanding the underlying mechanisms of damage growth", Proc. SPIE 6403, Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 2006, 640306 (15 January 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.695476

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