2. Laser chains

2.1 Using high-power lasers

Understanding the mechanisms by which light interacts with matter is a fundamental problem and a vast field of study in modern physics. It was only a few years after the invention of the laser by T.H. Maiman that high-power lasers were developed, enabling the first high-power laser-matter interaction experiments.

Major milestones, such as the production of the first fusion neutrons by interaction of a GW nanosecond pulsed laser on a deuterium target by the Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique (CEA) in the late 1960s, or the development...

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Standards and norms

Optics and photonics: Drawing guidelines for optical elements and systems – Surface imperfection tolerances - NF ISO 10110-7 - 2017
Lasers and laser-related equipment – Laser damage threshold test methods – Definitions and basic principles - NF ISO 11254-1 - 2011
Lasers and laser-related equipment – Laser damage threshold test methods – Determining the threshold - NF ISO 11254-2 - 2011
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