Laser damage in glasses

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Abstract
Results are described which suggest that a laser beam focused inside a sample of glass produces a superheated liquid, and that the resulting internal pressure can only be released by internal fracturing, and, in some cases, also by fragmentation of the sample. The evidence is that the Brillouin scattered energy, demonstrated by Chiao, Townes, and Stoicheff is necessary, but not sufficient, to explain the results.

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