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| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 1998 |
| Place of Publication | Bellingham |
| Publisher | SPIE |
| Pages | 584-593 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Publication status | Published - 7 Apr 1999 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 1998 30th Annual Boulder Damage Symposium on Optical Materials for High-Power Lasers - 1998 - Boulder, CO, USA Duration: 28 Sept 1998 → 1 Oct 1998 |
Publication series
| Name | Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering |
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| Publisher | SPIE |
| Volume | 3578 |
| ISSN (Print) | 0277-786X |
Abstract
High repetition rate solid-state laser systems are used in many scientific and industrial applications. Especially, Q-switched Nd:YAG lasers are gaining increasing importance as pump sources for frequency conversion processes. These lasers are a potential alternative for several classical gas laser systems. Presently, the development of Nd:YAG systems with higher output power and improved beam parameters suffers from limitations imposed by the power handling capability of the optical components. At the Laser Zentrum Hannover, a facility has been installed for the measurement of the multiple-pulse damage thresholds of optical surfaces according to ISO/DIS 11254-2. For an efficient determination of the threshold values, an online algorithm calculating the recommended energy for each site has been elaborated and implemented. The most important coating materials for the NIR spectral range were investigated, in respect to their S-on-1 damage threshold. The results indicate the material dependent reduction of the damage threshold with an increasing number of pulses per site.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Materials Science(all)
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Physics and Astronomy(all)
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Computer Science(all)
- Computer Science Applications
- Mathematics(all)
- Applied Mathematics
- Engineering(all)
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 1998. Bellingham: SPIE, 1999. p. 584-593 (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 3578).
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AB - High repetition rate solid-state laser systems are used in many scientific and industrial applications. Especially, Q-switched Nd:YAG lasers are gaining increasing importance as pump sources for frequency conversion processes. These lasers are a potential alternative for several classical gas laser systems. Presently, the development of Nd:YAG systems with higher output power and improved beam parameters suffers from limitations imposed by the power handling capability of the optical components. At the Laser Zentrum Hannover, a facility has been installed for the measurement of the multiple-pulse damage thresholds of optical surfaces according to ISO/DIS 11254-2. For an efficient determination of the threshold values, an online algorithm calculating the recommended energy for each site has been elaborated and implemented. The most important coating materials for the NIR spectral range were investigated, in respect to their S-on-1 damage threshold. The results indicate the material dependent reduction of the damage threshold with an increasing number of pulses per site.
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