Effect of Polishing-Induced Subsurface Impurity Defects on Laser Damage Resistance of Fused Silica Optics and Their Removal with HF Acid Etching
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DOI: 10.3390/app7080838
Abstract: Laser-induced damage on fused silica optics remains a major issue that limits the promotion of energy output of large laser systems. Subsurface impurity defects inevitably introduced in the practical polishing process incur strong thermal absorption… read more here.
Keywords: impurity defects; laser damage; damage resistance; optics ... See more keywords