Laser damage studies of silicon oxy-nitride narrowband reflectors

Jonathan R. Milward; Keith L. Lewis; K. Sheach; Rudolf August Heinecke

doi:10.1117/12.147431

24 June 1993 Laser damage studies of silicon oxy-nitride narrowband reflectors

Jonathan R. Milward, Keith L. Lewis, K. Sheach, Rudolf August Heinecke

Proceedings Volume 1848, 24th Annual Boulder Damage Symposium Proceedings -- Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 1992; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.147431
Event: Optical Materials for High Power Lasers, 1992, Boulder, CO, United States

Abstract

A series of sinusoidally modulated, plasma deposited, silicon oxy-nitride, narrow band reflectors have been examined with a view to understanding the relative roles of electric field effects, defect type, surface roughness, thickness, and coating absorption on the laser damage threshold. The damage threshold measurements were made at 0.532 micrometers with a range of spot sizes, a pulse length of 15 ns (full width at half maximum intensity), and each site was tested with 100 shots at a 10 Hz repetition rate. The damage threshold was essentially constant at around 2 J/cm² for all the samples, and was defect dominated. Three types of topological defects were discovered using a WYKO three dimensional surface profiler, and one of the defect types was responsible for a large fraction of the damage events. It is postulated that this 5 micrometers hemispherical defect may behave either as a microlens which enhances the peak fluence that the underlying coating is subjected to, or as a center for enhanced electric field effects.

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Jonathan R. Milward, Keith L. Lewis, K. Sheach, and Rudolf August Heinecke "Laser damage studies of silicon oxy-nitride narrowband reflectors", Proc. SPIE 1848, 24th Annual Boulder Damage Symposium Proceedings -- Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 1992, (24 June 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.147431

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