Laser damage threshold for dielectric coatings as determined by inclusions
- 15 December 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 23 (12), 654-657
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1654780
Abstract
By studying the morphology of threshold damage and observing for the first time the predicted ``pulse duration‐inclusion size'' relationship, it is shown that the threshold for laser damage to nonabsorbing dielectric coatings is determined by the presence of metallic or highly absorbing nonmetallic inclusions.Keywords
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