Laser Damage Study with Subnanosecond Pulses

Abstract

The report describes a ruby laser test facility for conducting laser- induced damage experiments with single subnanosecond pulses. The facility includes a laser damage monitoring system and a mode-locked oscillator-amplifier system with pulse selection.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 31, 1972
Accession Number
AD0744075

Entities

People

  • D. Milam
  • E. S. Bliss

Organizations

  • Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Amplifiers
  • Cameras
  • Laser Beams
  • Laser Damage
  • Lasers
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Optical Pumping
  • Optics
  • Oscillators
  • Photographs
  • Photography
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Ruby Lasers
  • Spark Gaps
  • Test Facilities

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy