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Opt Lett
; 43(8): 1706-1709, 2018 Apr 15.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-29652345
ABSTRACT
At the interface between vacuum and air, optical windows must keep their optical properties, despite being subjected to mechanical stress. In this Letter, we investigate the impact of such stress on the laser-induced damage of fused silica windows at the wavelength of 351 nm in the nanosecond regime. Different stress values, from 1 to 30 MPa, both tensile and compressive, were applied. No effect of the stress on the laser-induced damage was evidenced.