Limits of survivability and damage for optical components used in a high-repetition-rate visible laser

John R. Taylor; Christopher J. Stolz; Timothy G. Sarginson

doi:10.1117/12.60108

29 July 1992 Limits of survivability and damage for optical components used in a high-repetition-rate visible laser

John R. Taylor, Christopher J. Stolz, Timothy G. Sarginson

Proceedings Volume 1624, Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 1991; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.60108
Event: Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 1991, 1991, Boulder, CO, United States

Abstract

An effort is being made to understand the limits of survivability and damage for optical components exposed to a visible laser operating continuously at a high repetition rate over 4 kHz. Results of this work are reported and related to the materials and manufacturing conditions for the coatings and substrates as well as defects seen at the surface under laser illumination. These results were obtained for a variety of optical coatings and conditions using lasers from the Laser Demonstration Facility, part of the Atomic Vapor Laser Isotope Separation (AVLIS) Program at LLNL. Better understanding of the reliability of optical components in this environment could lead to improvements in design and manufacture that would result in reduced size for the laser optical system and correspondingly lower costs for the facilities that can use this technology.

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John R. Taylor, Christopher J. Stolz, and Timothy G. Sarginson "Limits of survivability and damage for optical components used in a high-repetition-rate visible laser", Proc. SPIE 1624, Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 1991, (29 July 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.60108

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