Using light scattering to investigate damage-relevant imperfections of surfaces, coatings, and bulk materials

Sven Schröder; Marcus Trost; Tobias Herffurth; Angela Duparré

doi:10.1117/12.2020478

9 July 2013 Using light scattering to investigate damage-relevant imperfections of surfaces, coatings, and bulk materials

Sven Schröder, Marcus Trost, Tobias Herffurth, Angela Duparré

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Proceedings Volume 8786, Pacific Rim Laser Damage 2013: Optical Materials for High Power Lasers; 87860S (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2020478
Event: SPIE/SIOM Pacific Rim Laser Damage: Optical Materials for High-Power Lasers, 2013, Shanghai, China

Abstract

Light scattering is one of the loss mechanisms of optical components. It is caused by intrinsic and extrinsic imperfections such as roughness, index fluctuations, and bulk or surface defects that can all play critical roles for the laser stability of optical components. Light scattering metrology has proven to be a versatile non-destructive technique to characterize imperfections. Information can be retrieved with high sensitivity even over large areas. The total scatter levels or scattering coefficients provide information about scatter losses whereas the angle resolved scattering provides detailed information about the sources of scattering. An overview of the instruments developed at Fraunhofer IOF will be given and a variety of examples of application will be discussed comprising roughness and defect maps of lithography optics, investigations of bulk scattering of optical materials, and enhanced scattering through thickness errors of interference coatings.

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Sven Schröder, Sven Schröder, Marcus Trost, Marcus Trost, Tobias Herffurth, Tobias Herffurth, Angela Duparré, Angela Duparré, } "Using light scattering to investigate damage-relevant imperfections of surfaces, coatings, and bulk materials", Proc. SPIE 8786, Pacific Rim Laser Damage 2013: Optical Materials for High Power Lasers, 87860S (9 July 2013); doi: 10.1117/12.2020478; https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2020478

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