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 on the sections of z = –1 μm of conical repaired sites with different sizes: (a) h = 0.3 μm; (b) h = 0.33 μm; (c) h = 0.39 μm; (d) h = 0.42 μm; (e) h = 0.45 μm; (f) h = 0.51 μm.