title: Spatio-TEmporally REsolved Optical Laser Induced Damage (STEREO LID) technique for material characterization.
abstract: A technique for measuring the ablation and laser-induced damage threshold (LIDT) by identifying the temporal onset of damage and location of initiation within the beam profile is demonstrated. This new method, dubbed Spatio-TEmporally REsolved Optical Laser Induced Damage (STEREO LID), is compared to traditional damage tests and its advantages are exemplified.
authors.forename: Yejia
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Luke A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Emmert
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Rudolph