Laser-induced damage of fused silica on high-power laser: beam intensity modulation, optics defect, contamination

Dongfeng Zhao; Mingyin Sun; Rong Wu; Xinqiang Lu; Zunqi Lin; Jianqiang Zhu

doi:10.1117/12.2192426

23 November 2015 Laser-induced damage of fused silica on high-power laser: beam intensity modulation, optics defect, contamination

Dongfeng Zhao, Mingyin Sun, Rong Wu, Xinqiang Lu, Zunqi Lin, Jianqiang Zhu

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Proceedings Volume 9632, Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 2015; 96320G (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2192426
Event: SPIE Laser Damage, 2015, Boulder, Colorado, United States

Abstract

The wedged focus lens of fused silica, one of the final optics assembly’s optics, focuses the 351 nm beam onto target and separates the residual 1053 and 527 nm light with 351 nm light. After the experiment with beam energies at 3ω range from 3 to 5KJ, and pulse shapes about 3ns, the wedged focus lens has laser-induced damage at particular area. Analysis the damage result, there are three reasons to induce these damages. These reasons are beam intensity modulation, optics defect and contamination that cause different damage morphologies. The 3ω beam intensity modulation, one of three factors, is the mostly import factor to induce damage. Here, the n₂ nonlinear coefficient of fused silica material can lead to small-scale self-focusing filament because of optics thickness and beam intensity. And some damage-filaments’ tails are bulk damage spots because there are subsurface scratches or metal contaminations.

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Dongfeng Zhao, Mingyin Sun, Rong Wu, Xinqiang Lu, Zunqi Lin, and Jianqiang Zhu "Laser-induced damage of fused silica on high-power laser: beam intensity modulation, optics defect, contamination", Proc. SPIE 9632, Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 2015, 96320G (23 November 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2192426

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