In this paper we study the effect of contamination induced by fabrication process on laser
damage density of fused silica polished parts at 351 nm in nanosecond regime. We show …

A statistical model of nanoprecursors threshold distribution for the interpretation of laser-
damage probability curves is investigated. Each kind of precursor is characterized by a …

Defects have always been considered as one of the important factors to reduce the laser
damage thresholds of potassium dihydrogen phosphate (KH2PO4, KDP). However, crystal …

Intrinsic point defects are regarded as one of the dominant factors that can induce initial
structural breakdown under laser irradiation and reduce the laser damage thresholds of …

The oxygen vacancy (VO) and interstitial oxygen (O i) are the easiest formed intrinsic point
defects that could decrease the laser damage thresholds of potassium dihydrogen …

We propose a model to link laser damage initiator properties (such as nature, size
distribution, and density) to measured laser damage probabilities in optical materials. The …

A model for the description of laser-induced damage in bulk potassium dihydrogen
phosphate (KDP) by nanosecond laser pulses is addressed. It is based on the heating of …

Multipulse laser-induced damage is an important topic for many applications of nonlinear
crystals. We studied multipulse damage in X-cut KTiOPO 4. Using a 6-ns Nd: YAG laser with …

In ultraviolet pulse laser, damage performance of fused silica optics is directly dependent on
the absorptive impurities and scratches in subsurface, which are induced by mechanical …

A new analogy between optical propagation and heat diffusion in heterogeneous
anisotropic media has been proposed recently by three of the present authors. A detailed …