Laser damage threshold for dielectric coatings as determined by inclusions

15 December 1973

journal article
research article
Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters

Vol. 23 (12) , 654-657
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1654780

Abstract

By studying the morphology of threshold damage and observing for the first time the predicted ``pulse duration‐inclusion size'' relationship, it is shown that the threshold for laser damage to nonabsorbing dielectric coatings is determined by the presence of metallic or highly absorbing nonmetallic inclusions.

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