... The mechanisms responsible for multiple pulse laser damage in transparent solids are still not understood. Recent reports related to laser generation of point defects in fused silica and BK-7 glass raise the possibility that such defect generation is the cause of multiple pulse damage...

... of several grades of quartz has been made to determine the influence of impurities and structural defects on their damage resistance. Data were taken at 1064 nm and 532 nm using a Q-switched YAG laser. It has been found that considerable differences in single and multiple pulse damage “thresholds” exist...

... is required. borosilicate glass crystalline quartz fused silica multiple pulse damage potassium chloride pulse repetition frequency Manuscript Received 12-13-85 Multiple Pulse Damage Studies of BK-7, KCI and SiO2 at 532 nm D. K i t r i o t i s , L. D. Merkle and A. Dodson Department of Physics...