CO 2 laser heating of silica glass is used in many scientific and industrial applications.
Particularly, localized CO 2 laser heating of silica glass has demonstrated its ability to …

CO 2 laser has been widely used in material processing, manufacturing, and medical and
military applications since its invention in 1964. Typically for optical fiber components …

A self-consistent approach is proposed to determine the temperature dependent thermal
conductivity k (T) of fused silica, for a range of temperatures up to material evaporation using …

The influence of pulse length on heat affected zones of evaporatively-mitigated damages
was investigated in order to optimize the CO 2 laser-based mitigation process of large …

Localized CO 2 laser repairing of surface damage on fused silica optics has been
successfully applied in high-power laser system in the field of controllable nuclear fusion. In …

Laser smoothing is a promising technique for processing optical glass due non-contact
characteristics and easy-adaptability to non-spherical surfaces. The smoothing effects of CO …

We report on the development of a mitigation process to prevent the growth of UV
nanosecond laser-initiated damage sites under successive irradiations of fused silica …

We investigate the efficiency of local CO_2 laser processing of scratches on silica optics in
order to enhance the nanosecond UV-laser damage resistance. The surface deformations …

To alleviate laser-induced threats in the high-power laser systems, it is necessary to
understand the debris propagation process and distribution characteristics, then take …

We investigate the effect of different heat treatments on the laser-induced damage
probabilities of fused silica samples. Isothermal annealing in a furnace is applied, with …