Interaction of laser radiation with matter. Laser plasma

Size effect and the optical strength of infrared optical materials in the case of large irradiation spots

S. G. Kazantsev

Federal State Unitary Enterprise I. S. Kos'minov State Scientific-Research Test Laser Centre of Russian Federation "Raduga", Raduzhnyi, Vladimir region

Abstract: A study was made of the dependences of the optical breakdown thresholds on the irradiated volume of KCl, NaCl, BaF₂, and ZnSe single crystals when the laser beam aperture was varied from 80 μm to 30 cm.

PACS: 42.70.Km, 61.80.Ba

Received: 13.06.1996

 English version: Quantum Electronics, 1997, 27:3, 263–264

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