Abirefringent athermal windows for high energy lasers

George Dubé; Roland Juhala; Arthur J. Braundmeier Jr.

doi:10.1117/12.633214

7 February 2006 Abirefringent athermal windows for high energy lasers

George Dubé, Roland Juhala, Arthur J. Braundmeier Jr.

Proceedings Volume 5991, Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 2005; 59911U (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.633214
Event: Boulder Damage Symposium XXXVII: Annual Symposium on Optical Materials for High Power Lasers, 2005, Boulder, CO, United States

Abstract

Experimental results are presented on using one or more additional windows to reduce the distortion from existing windows transmitting high average power laser beams. A concept is presented for a compound window that will neither distort nor depolarize a high power beam.

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George Dubé, Roland Juhala, and Arthur J. Braundmeier Jr. "Abirefringent athermal windows for high energy lasers", Proc. SPIE 5991, Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 2005, 59911U (7 February 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.633214

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