Special Section Guest Editorial: Laser Damage

Vitaly Gruzdev; Michelle D. Shinn

doi:10.1117/1.OE.51.12.121801

9 November 2012 Special Section Guest Editorial: Laser Damage

Vitaly Gruzdev, Michelle D. Shinn

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 51, Issue 12, 121801 (November 2012). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.51.12.121801

Abstract

Laser damage of optical materials, first reported in 1964, continues to limit the output energy and power of pulsed and continuous-wave laser systems. In spite of some 48 years of research in this area, interest from the international laser community to laser damage issues remains at a very high level and does not show any sign of decreasing. Moreover, it grows with the development of novel laser systems, for example, ultrafast and short-wavelength lasers that involve new damage effects and specific mechanisms not studied before. This interest is evident from the high level of attendance and presentations at the annual SPIE Laser Damage Symposium (aka, Boulder Damage Symposium) that has been held in Boulder, Colorado, since 1969.

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Vitaly Gruzdev and Michelle D. Shinn "Special Section Guest Editorial: Laser Damage," Optical Engineering 51(12), 121801 (9 November 2012). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.51.12.121801

Published: 9 November 2012

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