Optical modulation of repaired damage site on fused silica produced by CO<sub>2</sub> laser rapid ablation mitigation

Optical modulation of repaired damage site on fused silica produced by CO₂ laser rapid ablation mitigation

Tan Chao¹, Zhao Lin-Jie¹, Chen Ming-Jun^{1, †}, Cheng Jian^{1, ‡}, Yin Zhao-Yang¹, Liu Qi¹, Yang Hao¹, Liao Wei²

Relative light intensity distributions inside the element with repaired sites of different sizes: (a) maximum relative light intensity inside the element and that on the sections of x = 0 and y = 0; (b) position distributions of the maximum relative light intensity appearing inside the element.