ON THE DYNAMICS OF LASER-INDUCED DAMAGE IN GLASSES
- 15 October 1966
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 9 (8) , 291-293
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1754755
Abstract
The evolution in time of laser-induced fractures in bulk transparent materials such as glass is studied. Damage starts with a long, thin filament, collinear with the laser beam direction, almost simultaneously over its whole length. Damage then grows transversally to this direction, after the end of the incident laser pulse, and is accompanied by sparking. These observations favor damage mechanisms with short time constants, such as ionization or self-trapping.Keywords
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