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Cumulative effect in laser-induced damage of optical glasses: A review

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The damage of glasses upon multiple exposure to “prethreshold” laser pulses results from the gradual modification of glass properties toward a decrease in the optical strength. Depending on the band gap and the radiation wavelength, the prevailing prethreshold process is either color center formation or the breaking of chemical bonds in the glass-forming network. In the latter case, the resistance of a material to laser irradiation is determined to a large measure by the connectivity and homogeneity of the network at the nanostructural level.

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    Chmel’, A.E. Cumulative effect in laser-induced damage of optical glasses: A review. Glass Phys Chem 26, 49–58 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02731943

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