Abstract

A triaxial flashlamp-pumped dye laser has been used to perform laser damage testing of metal surfaces in the blue-green spectral region. Using LD490 laser dye, the laser produces 0.18-J, 0.5-μsec pulses at 492 nm. The spatial profile of the focused beam is measured in orthogonal directions in the plane of the sample surface. The orthogonal profiles are flat-topped Gaussians with 1/e² widths of 270 μm. Multithreshold laser damage test results are presented for polished Mo, diamond-turned high-purity Al alloy, diamond-turned bulk Cu, and diamond-turned electrodeposits of Ag and Au on Cu. Comparisons are made between calculated and experimentally measured slip and melt thresholds.

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