Brief Communications

Investigation of damage threshold variations in NaCl

N. V. Volkova, B. G. Gorshkov, A. S. Epifanov, A. A. Manenkov


Abstract: The character of the laser-induced damage threshold distribution of NaCl specimens was investigated and certain special features were discovered. The morphology of the residual damage was compared with the optical strength of the specimens. It was shown that a study of the morphology of the damage does not provide an adequate criterion for identifying the intrinsic breakdown mechanism.

UDC: 621.378.325

PACS: 61.80.-x, 42.60.He, 79.20.Ds

Received: 31.07.1978

 English version: Soviet Journal of Quantum Electronics, 1979, 9:5, 629–631