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Using far-field acoustic data, I showed that a stress power-like quantity matched different measures of laser energy coupling, whereas measures of laser-induced stresses in general did not. Four papers were published on the topic, describing the underlying theory, detailed experiments, and method of monitoring laser energy coupling to solid targets. This work suggests that stress power is a fundamental mechanism for energy transfer during high-power short-pulse laser material interactions. Several papers were published on this work. (DOE)  

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Work partially supported by National Science Foundation grant # & Office Naval Research Grant #

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