DocumentCode
2987808
Title
Mitigating laser damage in glasses and crystals, using pulsetrain-burst (<100 MHz) ultrafast laser processing
Author
Marjoribanks, Robin ; Frank, Felix ; Graper, David ; McKinney, Luke ; Soudagar, Yasman ; Nantel, Marc ; Shirk, Michael ; Stuart, Brent
Author_Institution
Dept. of Phys., Toronto Univ., Ont., Canada
Volume
3
fYear
2005
fDate
22-27 May 2005
Firstpage
2172
Abstract
Damage to optics caused by lasers may be mitigated by material-processing with ultrafast lasers. Ultrahigh (<100 MHz) repetition-rate pulsetrains afford special control of residual heat. We describe studies in fused silica and crystals.
Keywords
high-speed optical techniques; laser beam effects; laser materials processing; optical glass; SiO2; fused silica; glasses; laser damage; repetition-rate pulsetrains; ultrafast laser processing; Biomedical optical imaging; Crystals; Glass; Optical materials; Optical pulses; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Silicon compounds; Surface morphology; Ultrafast optics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN
1-55752-795-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202406
Filename
1573472
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