Energy transmissivity of high-power nanosecond laser pulse focused on glass

The experimental results show that if the pulse energy is low, the damage does not occur and the corresponding transmissivity is 100%. But with the increase of the pulse energy, the damage occurs and the transmissivity decreases to between 100% and 50%, equal to 50% and lower than 50%.The concept of the cut-off time (T_cut) is proposed to give the physics explanation on it, and by taking the free electron density (FED) and the laser-induced damage threshold (LIDT), mathematical simulation of the change law of the T_cut and the corresponding energy transmissivity with the laser energy has been done, respectively. The analysis results indicate that the former definition method can predict all the situations successfully, but the second one cannot predict the situation of the transmissivity being between 100% and 50%, the reasons of this difference also be analyzed.