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How is the damage threshold of the LPC affected by short pulse width lasers?

April 26, 2017affected damage Lasers LPC pulse short threshold

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How is the damage threshold of the LPC affected by short pulse width lasers?

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The specification for the damage threshold (CW or average power) of the LPC-NIR is 31(W/cm^2). The pulse energy threshold is very high and in all cases damage will occur from average power levels and not from individual pulse energies. This is true with pulse widths as short as femtoseconds.