What time-resolved measurements tell us about femtosecond laser damage?

Andrius Melninkaitis; Nerijus Šiaulys; Linas Smalakys; Balys Momgaudis; Julius Vaicenavičius; Simona Barkauskaitė; Valdas Sirutkaitis; Laurent Gallais; Stephane Guizard

doi:10.1117/12.2195333

23 November 2015 What time-resolved measurements tell us about femtosecond laser damage?

Andrius Melninkaitis, Nerijus Šiaulys, Linas Smalakys, Balys Momgaudis, Julius Vaicenavičius, Simona Barkauskaitė, Valdas Sirutkaitis, Laurent Gallais, Stephane Guizard

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Proceedings Volume 9632, Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 2015; 96320O (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2195333
Event: SPIE Laser Damage, 2015, Boulder, Colorado, United States

Abstract

Time-resolved investigations of laser-matter interaction processes in dielectric coatings and bulk silica leading to laserinduced damage were performed with high temporal and spatial resolution. Distinct excitation geometries were used to study different aspects of laser matter interaction. Samples were irradiated at the pump fluence levels below and above their single shot laser-induced damage thresholds. The obtained results provide new insights about the sequence of interdependent processes. The fundamental differences between the so called 1-on-1 and S-on-1 damage morphologies are observed and discussed. New data of numerical simulations revealing the nonlinear properties of optical thin films are presented. Increased visibility in time resolved damage detection as well as observation of coherent oscillations in measured signals are introduced and discussed.

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Andrius Melninkaitis, Nerijus Šiaulys, Linas Smalakys, Balys Momgaudis, Julius Vaicenavičius, Simona Barkauskaitė, Valdas Sirutkaitis, Laurent Gallais, and Stephane Guizard "What time-resolved measurements tell us about femtosecond laser damage?", Proc. SPIE 9632, Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 2015, 96320O (23 November 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2195333

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