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A comprehensive investigation is reported of the physical processes that occur whem laser radiation acts on optical materials (glass, fused quartz) during different stages of this action: the stage preceding the damage, bulk damage, and surface damage. A number of new experimental procedures is used. The kinetics of the development of the volume-damage zone is investigated in detail and the mechanism of this kinetics is established.
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Translated from Trudy Ordena Lenina Fizicheskogo Instituta im. P. N. Lebedeva, Vol. 103, pp. 118–163, 1978.
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Morachevskii, N.V. Optical breakdown strength of materials for high-power lasers. J Russ Laser Res 1, 89–127 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01119637
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