The effect of pulse duration on the growth rate of laser-induced damage sites at 351 nm on fused silica surfaces

R. A. Negres; M. A. Norton; Z. M. Liao; D. A. Cross; J. D. Bude; C. W. Carr

doi:10.1117/12.836905

31 December 2009 The effect of pulse duration on the growth rate of laser-induced damage sites at 351 nm on fused silica surfaces

R. A. Negres, M. A. Norton, Z. M. Liao, D. A. Cross, J. D. Bude, C. W. Carr

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Proceedings Volume 7504, Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 2009; 750412 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.836905
Event: Laser Damage Symposium XLI: Annual Symposium on Optical Materials for High Power Lasers, 2009, Boulder, Colorado, United States

Abstract

Past work in the area of laser-induced damage growth has shown growth rates to be primarily dependent on the laser fluence and wavelength. More recent studies suggest that growth rate, similar to the damage initiation process, is affected by a number of additional parameters including pulse duration, pulse shape, site size, and internal structure. In this study, we focus on the effect of pulse duration on the growth rate of laser damage sites located on the exit surface of fused silica optics. Our results demonstrate, for the first time, a significant dependence of growth rate at 351 nm on pulse duration from 1 ns to 15 ns as τ^0.3 for sites in the 50-100 μm size range.

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R. A. Negres, M. A. Norton, Z. M. Liao, D. A. Cross, J. D. Bude, and C. W. Carr "The effect of pulse duration on the growth rate of laser-induced damage sites at 351 nm on fused silica surfaces", Proc. SPIE 7504, Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 2009, 750412 (31 December 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.836905

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