Spectral laser damage testing of optical materials

Sven Schröder; Méabh Garrick; Anne-Sophie Munser; Marcus Trost

doi:10.1515/aot-2017-0033

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Spectral laser damage testing of optical materials

Sven Schröder , Méabh Garrick , Anne-Sophie Munser and Marcus Trost

Published/Copyright: July 19, 2017

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From the journal Advanced Optical Technologies Volume 6 Issue 5

Abstract

The spectral laser-induced damage of optical components was measured using a new instrument based on combining a laser-induced damage threshold (LIDT) testing procedure with angle-resolved light scattering and using a tunable optical parametric oscillator laser source. Tests on aluminum mirrors revealed a significant drop of the LIDT around 800 nm, which is not predicted by simple scaling laws. For near-infrared edge filters, remarkable changes in the LIDT around the band edge were observed, which are linked to the spectral variation of the field distribution in the interference coating.

Keywords: angle-resolved scattering; laser-induced damage; light scattering

Acknowledgments

The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of the colleagues of the Fraunhofer Institute of Applied Optics and Precision Engineering for the development of the instrument, in particular, Matthias Hauptvogel and Alexander von Finck. The fruitful discussions with international experts in the field, in particular, with Lars Jensen, Istvan Balasa, and Detlev Ristau from Laser Zentrum Hannover and with Xinbin Cheng and Zhanshan Wang from Tongji University Shanghai are highly appreciated. This work was supported by the program ‘Zentrales Innovations programm Mittelstand (ZIM)’ of the German Ministry of Economy and Technology (BMWi), project LOSASS (ZF4023002RE6).

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Received: 2017-4-20

Accepted: 2017-6-1

Published Online: 2017-7-19

Published in Print: 2017-10-26

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angle-resolved scattering; laser-induced damage; light scattering