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Eric, if you have access to a good library look for books by W. W. Duley.
He wrote a few on the effects of lasers on solids. I have his
"Co2 Lasers: Effects and Applications (Quantum electronics--Principles and
applications)" because that's the best if you want to build a CO2 laser (and
I did, :-)), but he wrote a few and they do a great job of covering the
physics of laser heating (heat capacity, thermal diffusivity, absorbance,
thermal conductivity, etc). I know at least one of his books had some nice
data on a list of different metals that should give you what you need but it
has been 20+ years since I was up on that stuff so I can't recommend a
specific book, sorry. Amazon has a pretty good selection, too. They date
from the 1970's to maybe 2000 so they don't include all the great solid
state high power lasers available now on the laser side, but the target side
was well covered.
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Regards,
Carl Ijames