• DocumentCode
    2239651
  • Title

    The reduction of laser damage resistance of optical coatings to subpicosecond pulse trains under vacuum

  • Author

    Nguyen, Duy N. ; Emmert, Luke A. ; Rudolph, Wolfgang ; Patel, Dinesh ; Menoni, Carmen S.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Optical multilayer materials HfO2 and SiO2 exhibit subpicosecond laser damage thresholds of just 10% of their intrinsic value when tested in vacuum. A few Torr of water vapor is shown to remedy this effect.
  • Keywords
    hafnium compounds; high-speed optical techniques; laser beam effects; optical multilayers; silicon compounds; HfO2; SiO2; laser damage resistance; optical coatings; optical multilayer materials; subpicosecond pulse trains; Coatings; Laser beams; Laser modes; Morphology; Optical films; Optical pulses;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5950596
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2239651