The effect of polyvalent elements impurities on the value of bulk laser damage threshold and UV absorption of KDP single crystals

Conference · Sun Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:552184

Kolybayeva, M I; Pritula, I M; Puzikov, V M ^[1]

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1. Institute for Single Crystals, Kharkov (Ukraine); and others

The paper is devoted to studing the influence of Ca, Si, Pb and Cr impurities (possessing no absorption bands at the wavelength of acting laser irradiation) on the value of bulk laser damage threshold and UV absorption in KDP single crystals. It is shown that for the investigated 5 concentration range (1 {divided_by}10{sup -5} mass%) laser damage treshold essentially decreases with raising the concentration of impurity ions in the crystal lattice. The maximal value of the said characteristic ({approximately}40 J/cm{sup 2}) is found to be achieved in the case when the concentration of impurities is not less than 1 {divided_by}{sup -5} mass %.

• Research Organization: International Society for Optical Engineering, Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 552184
• Report Number(s): CONF-9410155-Vol.2428; TRN: 98:008999
• Resource Relation: Conference: 26. annual Boulder damage symposium: laser-induced damage in optical materials, Boulder, CO (United States), 24-26 Oct 1994; Other Information: PBD: [1995]; Related Information: Is Part Of Laser-induced damage in optical materials: 1994. Twenty-sixth annual Boulder damage symposium, proceedings; Bennett, H.E.; Guenther, A.H.; Kozlowski, M.R.; Newnam, B.E.; Soileau, M.J. [eds.]; PB: 722 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
66 PHYSICS
42 ENGINEERING NOT INCLUDED IN OTHER CATEGORIES
LASER RADIATION
DAMAGE
POTASSIUM PHOSPHATES
PHYSICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
IMPURITIES
ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION