Abstract
Damage to optics caused by lasers may be mitigated by material-processing with ultrafast lasers. Ultrahigh (>100 MHz) repetition-rate pulsetrains afford special control of residual heat. We describe studies in fused silica and crystals.
© 2005 Optical Society of America
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