Laser damage studies of metal mirrors and ZnSe optics by long-pulse and TEA-CO2 lasers at 10.6 um

Wilfried Plass; Rene Krupka; Adolf Giesen; Herman E. Reedy; Michael Kennedy; Detlev Ristau

doi:10.1117/12.180906

28 July 1994 Laser damage studies of metal mirrors and ZnSe optics by long-pulse and TEA-CO₂ lasers at 10.6 μm

Wilfried Plass, Rene Krupka, Adolf Giesen, Herman E. Reedy, Michael Kennedy, Detlev Ristau

Proceedings Volume 2114, Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 1993; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.180906
Event: Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 1993, 1993, Boulder, CO, United States

Abstract

Single shot laser damage studies have been performed using an RF-excited long pulse laser and a TEA-CO₂-laser with pulse durations of 1.2 ms and 100 ns, respectively. Besides bare diamond turned copper mirrors with different metal and dielectric coatings, ZnSe-optics with selected coating types were tested. The temporal damage behavior in the long pulse regime was investigated on the basis of a damage detection system with a time resolution of 10 microsecond(s) . The dependence of the damage threshold on the intensity is discussed in consideration of the integral absorptance of the coatings. The measured damage thresholds of this detection system are compared to those obtained by Nomarski/darkfield microscopy. The local variation of the laser induced damage threshold is correlated to the corresponding photothermal deflection signal, reflectance, and defect density of the coated surfaces.

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Wilfried Plass, Rene Krupka, Adolf Giesen, Herman E. Reedy, Michael Kennedy, and Detlev Ristau "Laser damage studies of metal mirrors and ZnSe optics by long-pulse and TEA-CO₂ lasers at 10.6 μm", Proc. SPIE 2114, Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 1993, (28 July 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.180906

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