IR laser power transmission through silver halide crystals and polycrystalline fibers

Lev Nagli; D. Burstein; Shaul Shalem; David Bunimovich; Alla German; Abraham Katzir

doi:10.1117/12.274270

13 May 1997 IR laser power transmission through silver halide crystals and polycrystalline fibers

Lev Nagli, D. Burstein, Shaul Shalem, David Bunimovich, Alla German, Abraham Katzir

Proceedings Volume 2966, Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 1996; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.274270
Event: Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 1996, 1996, Boulder, CO, United States

Abstract

Laser-induced breakdown (LIB) thresholds in AgCl_xBr_1-x crystals and fibers were studied under CO₂ laser pulses and CW excitation. The value of LIB threshold P_c of the bulk crystals is about 7.2 X 10⁸ W/cm² for AgCl and 4 X 10⁹ W/cm² for AgBr under 60 ns TEA laser excitation. The LIB threshold in fibers is much smaller; about 2 X 10⁸ W/cm². The absorption of the crystals at 10.6 micrometers changes from 8 X 10^-5 cm^-1 for AgCl to 2 X 10^-5 cm^-1 for AgBr; for fibers with the same composition absorption is much greater. The dependence of the LIB and IR absorption on composition, and mechanical and temperature treatments suggests that the LIB in silver halide crystals and fibers is due to the avalanche electrons in a high electric field. The initial free electrons for this process are supplied by ionization of the cation vacancy - charged dislocation complexes. The relatively lower optical stability of the fibers is due to the increased concentration of defects formed in the hot extrusion of the crystal. A simple thermal annealing method for reduction of the IR absorption is proposed.

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Lev Nagli, D. Burstein, Shaul Shalem, David Bunimovich, Alla German, and Abraham Katzir "IR laser power transmission through silver halide crystals and polycrystalline fibers", Proc. SPIE 2966, Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 1996, (13 May 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.274270

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