Laser Induced Damage in Optical Materials: Proceedings of a Symposium Sponsored by the American Society for Testing and Materials and by the National Bureau of Standards

U.S. Department of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards, 1978

Extrinsic Absorption in Infrared LaserWindow Materials	4

Possible Processes of Laser Window Degradation	23

Purification of Potassium Bromide and Alkaline	36

Frequency and Temperature Dependence of Residual Infrared Absorption in Mixed Fluoride Crystals	55

Bulk Laser Absorption Homogeneity	62

Refractive Properties of Infrared Window Materials	74

Refractive Properties of CVD Zinc Sulfide	83

Critical Orientation for Eliminating StressInduced Depolarization in Crystalline	89

Use of NonQuarterWave Designs to Increase the Damage Resistance of Reflectors	260

Characteristics of R F SputterDeposited Zinc Selenide Films on Calcium Fluoride	271

The Design and Operation of a Precise High Sensitivity Adiabatic Laser Calorimeter	281

Damage Resistance of ARCoated Germanium Surfaces for Nanosecond CO2 Laser Pulses	298

LargeSpot DF Laser Damage of DielectricEnhanced Mirrors	325

Defects and Impurities in As2S3 As2Se3 and NaF Coatings	342

Dielectric Coatings for Deformable Mirrors	358

Part II Abrasion Resistance	378

Detection of Oxygen in Calcium Fluoride Laser Window Materials by	105

InternalReflectionSpectroscopy Study of Water Adsorbed on CaF2	112

Pulsed HFDF Laser Damage in Window Materials	118

Optical Absorption in UV Laser Window Materials	127

Fluence Dependence of the Absorptance of Some Alkaline Earth Fluorides at 0 36	137

Surface Roughness Statistics of Fused Silica as a Function of Surface Preparation and Treatment	157

The Effects of Surface Roughness on 1064nm 150ps Laser Damage	166

Low Scatter Finishing of Aspheric Optics	174

Measurement of Mirror and Window Characteristics For Use With 10 6 um Lasers	183

Polishing Single Point Diamond Turned Mirrors	196

PulsedLaser Stress Phenomena on Highly Reflecting Metal and Alloy Surfaces	204

LowExpansion Laser Mirrors	215

THIN FILMS	222

Intrinsic and Thermal Stress Modeling for ThinFilm Multilayers	230

Hydroxyl Influence and Refractive Index Dependence in Picosecond ThinFilm Damage	244

Further Studies of the Role of Electric Field Strength in Laser Damage of Dielectric Layers	251

Dielectric Enhanced Mirrors for the 26 um Region	385

Temperature and Concentration Dependence of Laser Bulk Damage to Neodymium Glass	399

Direct Measurement of Inversion Density in Silicate and Phosphate Laser Glass	410

Figures of Merit and Correlations of Physical and Optical Properties in Laser Glasses	416

Progress in Claddings for Laser Glasses	434

Damage History of Argus A 4TW Nd Laser System	440

New Results on Avalanche Ionization as a Laser Damage Mechanism in Transparent Solids	455

Multiphoton Theory of Optical Breakdown in Alkali Halides	465

The Role of Carrier Diffusion in Laser Damage of Semiconductor Materials	473

MultiphotonInduced Conductivity in UltravioletTransmitting Materials	481

Absolute TwoPhoton Absorption Coefficients at 355 and 266 nm	489

Statistical Considerations in Laser Damage Measurements	496

Multithreshold Measurement and Analysis of Pulsed Laser Damage on Optical Surfaces	507

APPENDIX I	517

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Title	Laser Induced Damage in Optical Materials: Proceedings of a Symposium Sponsored by the American Society for Testing and Materials and by the National Bureau of Standards ASTM special technical publication Proceedings of SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering
Contributors	United States. National Bureau of Standards, American Society for Testing and Materials, National Institute of Standards and Technology (U.S.)
Publisher	U.S. Department of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards, 1978
Original from	the University of Michigan
Digitized	21 Nov 2007

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