LASER DAMAGE: A SELECTED LITERATURE SURVEY.

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Abstract:

This report is a review of selected references dealing with descriptions and possible causes of damage to laser component elements functioning under high-power conditions, or to potential laser component materials exposed to high-power laser beams. Discussed are internal and surface damage, conditions prevailing in materials under lasing conditions, and the mechanisms proposed to account for the accumulation of sufficient energy for damage to take place that is, self-focusing, stimulated Brillouin scattering, multiphoton absorption, and microplasma generation. Fifty-seven papers, published in 1964 - 1966, are included in the references. Author

Author(s):
Pitha, Carl A.
Author Organization(s):
AIR FORCE CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH LABS L G HANSCOM FIELD MASS
Descriptive Note:
Special reports no. 60,
Pagination:
0019

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Approved For Public Release

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Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
AFCRL-67-0137
Task Number(s):
562003
Project Number(s):
AF-5620
 Subject Terms
Communities of Interest:
Energy and Power Technologies
Descriptor(s):
*OPTICAL EQUIPMENT, DAMAGE, LASERS, RADIATION EFFECTS, DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES, REFRACTIVE INDEX, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION, BRILLOUIN ZONES, SOUND, PHOTONS, ABSORPTION, RUBY
Field(s)/Group(s):
Lasers and Masers, Optics, Radiofrequency Wave Propagation
Report Date:
1967 Feb 01