An investigation was made of laser damage to polymethylmethacrylate (organic glass) on repeated and single exposure to nanosecond radiation pulses. A correlation was established between the optical strength of transparent polymers and their viscoelastic properties, in particular, the induced elastic limit.
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Aldoshin et al. (1979) studied this question.
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