ROLE OF TEMPORAL FLUCTUATIONS OF THE LASE R-RADIATION INTENSITY IN STUDIES OF STATISTICAL RELATIONSHIPS GOVERNING THE LASER DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH ABSORBING INCLUSIONS

A study is reported of the influence of temporal fluctuations of laser radiation on the development of thermal explosions of absorbing inclu sions and on the statistical relationships governing the damage of tra nsparent insulators. The range of fluctuation times in which these flu ctuations influence thermal explosions of inclusions is established. A n analysis is made of the conditions which ensure control of temporal fluctuations of laser radiation so as to eliminate their influence on the experimental statistical relationships which govern laser damage a nd which are associated with the distribution of absorbing inclusions in the bulk and on the surface of a sample.