Surface evolution and laser damage resistance of CO2 laser irradiated area of fused silica |
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Authors: | W Dai X Xiang Y Jiang HJ WangXB Li XD YuanWG Zheng HB LvXT Zu |
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Institution: | a Department of Applied Physics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, PR China b Research Center of Laser Fusion, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, PR China |
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Abstract: | A 10.6 μm CO2 laser has been reported to effectively mitigate the laser damage growth of fused silica. Two zones of the laser irradiated area are defined in this work: the distorted zone and the laser affected zone. The parameters of the two zones are studied at different CO2 laser beam sizes, irradiation times, and powers by microscopy, profilometry, and photoelastic method. The results show that the diameter of laser affected zone is almost completely determined by the laser beam size and the distorted zone is associated with the mitigation range of CO2 laser beam. The diameter and depth of the distorted zone increase as the laser power and irradiation time increase. The depth grows exponentially depending on the irradiation time. The maximum residual stress discrepancy is located near the boundary of the laser affected zone. The laser damage resistance test results show that the distorted zone and the laser affected zone have a better damage resistance than the original substrate. |
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Keywords: | CO2 laser Damage mitigation Fused silica |
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