Scratches in fused silica are notorious laser damage precursors to UV laser damage
initiation. Ductile and brittle scratches were intentionally generated using various polishing …

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 …

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 …

The laser-induced damage threshold (LIDT) of fused silica is affected by laser field intensity
modulation and laser energy absorption. In this paper, the subsurface damage (SSD) …

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 …

Commercial fused silica (50 mm diameter× 5 mm thickness) irradiated by single pulse of Nd:
YAG laser (1064 nm, 12 ns) is experimentally investigated. The exit surface of fused silica is …

Fused silica optics, as key components in high-power laser systems, are prone to be
damaged under short-pulse ultraviolet (UV) laser irradiation. CO 2 laser is usually used to …

CO 2 laser rapid ablation mitigation (RAM) of fused silica has been used in high-power laser
systems owing to its advantages of high efficiency, and ease of implementing batch and …

The CO 2 laser mitigation method has been developed to mitigate the ultraviolet laser
damage site on a fused silica surface. The mitigation process was monitored by an on-line …

The damage repair of fused silica based on the CO2 laser repair technique has been
successfully applied in high-power laser systems in the controllable nuclear fusion field …