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Damage of Optical Elements

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Solid-State Laser Engineering

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Optically induced damage to the laser medium and to components of the laser system generally determine the limit of useful performance of solid-state lasers. The performance of a laser system in terms of pump efficiency, gain, nonlinear conversion, brightness, and beam quality increases with power density of the beam. Power density is fairly independent of the size of the laser, output power scales mostly with beam diameter rather than beam intensity. As a consequence, it is desirable to operate all lasers at the highest beam intensity consistent with reliable operation which, in turn, is determined by the optical-damage threshold of the various components. Therefore, an understanding of the mechanisms which cause radiation damage to optical components, and a knowledge of the damage threshold of the materials employed in a laser, are of great importance to the engineer who is designing a laser system.

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Koechner, W. (1999). Damage of Optical Elements. In: Solid-State Laser Engineering. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-14219-6_11

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