High-Power Laser Radiation Interaction with Quartz
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- 1 November 1970
- journal article
- conference paper
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 41 (12) , 4851-4855
Abstract
Absorption of high‐power CO2 laser radiation on a block of quartz is considered. The SiO2 (quartz) is vaporized and heated and absorption of the incident laser radiation is computed. If the gas is not ionized, the laser energy heats it sufficiently to make it transparent.Keywords
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