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6 December 2016 Use of Al2O3 layers for higher laser damage threshold at 22.5° incidence, S polarization of a 527 nm/1054 nm dichroic coating
John C. Bellum, Ella S. Field, Damon E. Kletecka, Patrick K. Rambo, Ian C. Smith
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Abstract
We have designed and reported on a dichroic beam combiner coating consisting of HfO2/SiO2 layer pairs to provide high transmission at 527 nm and high reflection at 1054 nm for 22.5° angle of incidence (AOI) in S polarization (Spol). The laser-induced damage threshold (LIDT) of this first coating at the use AOI and polarization with 3.5 nanosecond (ns) pulses at 532 nm is 7 J/cm2, and only marginally adequate for our beam combining application. In this paper, we describe the use of a combination of Al2O3 and HfO2 high index layers to modify the first as well as a second dichroic coating in two different ways, which results in a higher LIDT of 10 J/cm2 for 3.5 ns pulses at 532 nm and 22.5° AOI, Spol for the second dichroic coating, and in the same 7 J/cm2 LIDT for the first dichroic coating.
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John C. Bellum, Ella S. Field, Damon E. Kletecka, Patrick K. Rambo, and Ian C. Smith "Use of Al2O3 layers for higher laser damage threshold at 22.5° incidence, S polarization of a 527 nm/1054 nm dichroic coating", Proc. SPIE 10014, Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials 2016, 1001425 (6 December 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2257607
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KEYWORDS
Coating

Aluminum

Hybrid fiber optics

Laser induced damage

Polarization

Laser damage threshold

Reflection

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