Title :
Damage and distortion measurement for HR, low-loss mirrors to 100+ MW/cm2 CW laser intensity
Author :
Meng, Lei S. ; Brasseur, Jason K. ; Neumann, David K.
Author_Institution :
Directed Energy Solutions, Colorado Springs, CO
Abstract :
By high-finesse cavity enhancement, we achieve 101plusmn9 MW/cm2 cw intracavity intensity on the surfaces of the cavity mirrors. No permanent damage to the mirrorspsila coating is found and distortion measurement of mirrorspsila surfaces is performed.
Keywords :
distortion measurement; laser beam effects; laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; optical films; optical testing; optical variables measurement; reflectivity; CW laser intensity; HR mirror; high-finesse cavity enhancement; high-reflectance mirror; intracavity intensity; low-loss cavity mirrors; mirror coating damage; mirror surface distortion measurement; Coatings; Distortion measurement; Frequency measurement; Frequency modulation; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Mirrors; Optical distortion; Optical resonators; Resonant frequency; (140:4780) Optical resonators; (230.4040) Mirrors; (310.1620) Coatings; (350.1820) Damage;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628628
