Laser damage test-bench with ultrashort pulses down to 10 fs

O. Utéza; P. Blandin; R. Clady; C. Pasquier; N. Sanner; M. Sentis; Yu Li; Yan Long Shen

doi:10.1117/12.2068007

17 November 2014 Laser damage test-bench with ultrashort pulses down to 10 fs

O. Utéza, P. Blandin, R. Clady, C. Pasquier, N. Sanner, M. Sentis, Yu Li, Yan Long Shen

Proceedings Volume 9237, Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 2014; 923727 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2068007
Event: SPIE Laser Damage, 2014, Boulder, Colorado, United States

Abstract

We present the development of a laser damage and ablation test-bench able to accommodate ultrashort pulses down to 10 fs pulse duration. The laser test-bench is operated in air and we demonstrate its capability to accurately measure the damage and ablation characteristics of optical materials, like fused silica, irradiated by single ultrashort pulses of < 15 fs pulse duration. The careful characterization of beam propagation allows us to ascertain the precise retrieval of laserinduced damage and ablation threshold fluences as well as to identify the energetic regime yielding to beam filamentation.

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O. Utéza, P. Blandin, R. Clady, C. Pasquier, N. Sanner, M. Sentis, Yu Li, and Yan Long Shen "Laser damage test-bench with ultrashort pulses down to 10 fs", Proc. SPIE 9237, Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 2014, 923727 (17 November 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2068007

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