Time-resolved studies of laser damage processes in DKDP crystals

HongBing Jiang; Jason McNary; Harry W.K. Tom; Ming Yan; Harry B. Radousky; Stavros G. Demos

doi:10.1117/12.379333

3 March 2000 Time-resolved studies of laser damage processes in DKDP crystals

HongBing Jiang, Jason McNary, Harry W.K. Tom, Ming Yan, Harry B. Radousky, Stavros G. Demos

Proceedings Volume 3902, Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 1999; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.379333
Event: Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 1999, 1999, Boulder, CO, United States

Abstract

We have used a 3-color imagin technique to obtain time- resolved series of images during nanosecond laser damage in bulk DKDP crystals. In contrast to single-pump, single-probe time-resolved imaging techniques, we are able to correlate behavior during single damage events. This enables us to observe a range of morphological dynamics that is otherwise difficult to study, including: the propagation of elastic sound waves and the liquid/solid melt front from the damage nucleation site and the dynamics of crack formation and propagation.

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HongBing Jiang, Jason McNary, Harry W.K. Tom, Ming Yan, Harry B. Radousky, and Stavros G. Demos "Time-resolved studies of laser damage processes in DKDP crystals", Proc. SPIE 3902, Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 1999, (3 March 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.379333

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