Broadband, ultralow reflectance surface structures on silica windows for high-energy laser applications (Conference Presentation)

Lynda E. Busse; Jesse A. Frantz; L. Brandon Shaw; Menelaos K. Poutous; Ishwar D. Aggarwal; Jasbinder S. Sanghera

doi:10.1117/12.2262873

7 June 2017 Broadband, ultralow reflectance surface structures on silica windows for high-energy laser applications (Conference Presentation)

Lynda E. Busse, Jesse A. Frantz, L. Brandon Shaw, Menelaos K. Poutous, Ishwar D. Aggarwal, Jasbinder S. Sanghera

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Proceedings Volume 10179, Window and Dome Technologies and Materials XV; 1017905 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2262873
Event: SPIE Defense + Security, 2017, Anaheim, CA, United States

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The characteristics of broadband transmission, environmental durability, and laser damage resistance are critical for silica glass exit aperture windows for their use in kW-level, high energy laser systems. The use of conventional antireflective (AR) coatings on windows for high energy lasers operating in the near infrared is impacted by laser induced damage that occurs under high power irradiation as well as the potential for delamination in operational environments. Novel methods for fabricating antireflective surface structures (ARSS) directly on optics have resulted not only in reduced reflection loss, but also in other advantages to AR coatings as well. The ARSS approach involves sub-wavelength surface structures fabricated directly into the actual surface of the window, eliminating the need for a coating of extraneous materials. We will report on results for ARSS fabricated on silica glass windows. Recently we have reported broadband, low reflectance (< 0.02% at 1 µm) for silica glass windows with random ARSS, fabricated using reactive ion etching. These windows have shown remarkably high laser damage thresholds of 100 J/cm2 at 1.06 µm, which is 5x the threshold measured for a conventional AR coating. We will also present results for MILSPEC durability tests on silica windows, both with and without ARSS, for rain and sand erosion as well as salt fog testing, conducted at a government facility. We will also report on scale up of ARSS on silica windows of large sizes (33 cm), making them practical for system implementation.

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Lynda E. Busse, Jesse A. Frantz, L. Brandon Shaw, Menelaos K. Poutous, Ishwar D. Aggarwal, and Jasbinder S. Sanghera "Broadband, ultralow reflectance surface structures on silica windows for high-energy laser applications (Conference Presentation)", Proc. SPIE 10179, Window and Dome Technologies and Materials XV, 1017905 (7 June 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2262873

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Silica

Antireflective coatings

Glasses

Reflectivity

Laser applications

Laser damage threshold

Laser energy

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