Dr. William A. Steele Profile

Dr. William A. Steele

Senior Engineer at Lawrence Livermore National Lab

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SPIE Journal Paper | 25 April 2019 Open Access

Subsurface mechanical damage correlations after grinding of various optical materials

Tayyab I. Suratwala, William A. Steele, Lana Wong, Gary Tham, Joel F. Destino, Philip E. Miller, Nathan J. Ray, Joseph Menapace, Eyal Feigenbaum, Nan Shen, Michael Feit

OE, Vol. 58, Issue 09, 092604, (April 2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.OE.58.9.092604

KEYWORDS: Abrasives, Etching, Crystals, Glasses, Magnetorheological finishing, Aluminum, Particles, Polishing, Silica, Silicon carbide

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Proceedings Article | 18 December 2018 Paper

Experimental study of growth on exit surface of various transmissive materials at 351 nm and 1053 nm

Mary Norton, C. Carr, Jeffrey Bude, Christopher Miller, William Steele, Ronald Luthi, John Honig

Proceedings Volume 10805, 108051Z (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2501836

KEYWORDS: Silica, Laser systems engineering, Laser induced damage, Laser optics, Gold, Transmissive materials, Sapphire, Potassium

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Proceedings Article | 15 May 2018 Presentation

Additive manufacturing of lightweight mirrors (Conference Presentation)

Nikola Dudukovic, Wen Chen, Bryan Moran, William Steele, Eric Duoss, Christopher Spadaccini, Tayyab Suratwala, Rebecca Dylla-Spears

Proceedings Volume 10667, 106670N (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2303888

KEYWORDS: Additive manufacturing, Lightweight mirrors, Polishing, Optics manufacturing, 3D printing, Metamaterials, Plating, Silica, Reflectivity, Coating

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Proceedings Article | 31 October 2014 Open Access

Silica laser damage mechanisms, precursors, and their mitigation

J. Bude, P. Miller, N. Shen, T. Suratwala, T. Laurence, W. Steele, S. Baxamusa, L. Wong, W. Carr, D. Cross, M. Monticelli, M. Feit, G. Guss

Proceedings Volume 9237, 92370S (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2070017

KEYWORDS: Silica, Laser induced damage, Etching, Absorption, Laser damage threshold, Surface finishing, Atrial fibrillation, Glasses, Temperature metrology, National Ignition Facility

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SPIE Journal Paper | 10 October 2012 Open Access

Thermal annealing of laser damage precursors on fused silica surfaces

Nan Shen, Philip Miller, Jeffrey Bude, Ted Laurence, Tayyab Suratwala, William Steele, Michael Feit, Lana Wong

OE, Vol. 51, Issue 12, 121817, (October 2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.OE.51.12.121817

KEYWORDS: Annealing, Silica, Laser damage threshold, Laser induced damage, Surface finishing, Glasses, Optical damage, Absorption, Polishing, Luminescence

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Proceedings Article | 6 December 2010 Paper

Impact of substrate surface scratches on the laser damage resistance of multilayer coatings

S. Roger Qiu, Justin Wolfe, Anthony Monterrosa, William Steele, Nick Teslich, Michael Feit, Thomas Pistor, Christopher Stolz

Proceedings Volume 7842, 78421X (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.867740

KEYWORDS: Multilayers, Laser induced damage, Resistance, Optical coatings, Laser damage threshold, Silica, Mirrors, Etching, Dielectrics, Surface finishing

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Proceedings Article | 2 December 2010 Paper

Determination of laser damage initiation probability and growth on fused silica scratches

Mary Norton, C. Wren Carr, David Cross, Raluca Negres, Jeffrey Bude, William Steele, Marcus Monticelli, Tayyab Suratwala

Proceedings Volume 7842, 784218 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.867734

KEYWORDS: Silica, Laser induced damage, Amplifiers, Etching, Laser optics, Photomicroscopy, Laser development, Optics manufacturing, Optical components, Laser systems engineering

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Proceedings Article | 31 December 2009 Paper

Ultrafast photoluminescence as a diagnostic for laser damage initiation

Ted Laurence, Jeff Bude, Nan Shen, Phillip Miller, William Steele, Gabe Guss, John Adams, Lana Wong, Michael Feit, Tayyab Suratwala

Proceedings Volume 7504, 750416 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.836923

KEYWORDS: Silica, Laser induced damage, Luminescence, Pulsed laser operation, Absorption, Carbon dioxide lasers, Laser damage threshold, Laser scattering, Confocal microscopy, Surface finishing

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Proceedings Article | 31 December 2009 Paper

Laser damage precursors in fused silica

P. Miller, T. Suratwala, J. Bude, T. Laurence, N. Shen, W. Steele, M. Feit, J. Menapace, L. Wong

Proceedings Volume 7504, 75040X (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.836986

KEYWORDS: Laser induced damage, Silica, Polishing, Surface finishing, Etching, Laser damage threshold, Confocal microscopy, Cerium, Optical components, Luminescence

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Proceedings Article | 31 December 2009 Paper

Modeling wet chemical etching of surface flaws on fused silica

M. Feit, T. Suratwala, L. Wong, W. Steele, P. Miller, J. Bude

Proceedings Volume 7504, 75040L (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.836912

KEYWORDS: Etching, Laser induced damage, Silica, Carbon dioxide lasers, Wet etching, Fluid dynamics, Isotropic etching, Optical simulations, Diffusion, Carbon dioxide

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Proceedings Article | 15 January 2007 Paper

MRF applications: on the road to making large-aperture ultraviolet laser resistant continuous phase plates for high-power lasers

Joseph Menapace, Pete Davis, William Steele, M. Roman Hachkowski, Andrew Nelson, Kai Xin

Proceedings Volume 6403, 64030N (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.696329

KEYWORDS: Magnetorheological finishing, Polishing, Optics manufacturing, Manufacturing, Surface finishing, Ultraviolet radiation, High power lasers, Wavefronts, Laser systems engineering, Laser induced damage

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Proceedings Article | 7 February 2006 Paper

The distribution of subsurface damage in fused silica

P. Miller, T. Suratwala, L. Wong, M. Feit, J. Menapace, P. Davis, R. Steele

Proceedings Volume 5991, 599101 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.638821

KEYWORDS: Abrasives, Particles, Surface finishing, Polishing, Silica, Surface roughness, Magnetorheological finishing, Aluminum, Etching, Diamond

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Proceedings Article | 7 February 2006 Paper

MRF applications: measurement of process-dependent subsurface damage in optical materials using the MRF wedge technique

Joseph Menapace, Pete Davis, William Steele, Lana Wong, Tayyab Suratwala, Philip Miller

Proceedings Volume 5991, 599103 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.638839

KEYWORDS: Magnetorheological finishing, Surface finishing, Abrasives, Polishing, Optics manufacturing, Silica, Statistical modeling, Diamond, Photomicroscopy, Computing systems

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Proceedings Article | 7 February 2006 Paper

Utilization of magnetorheological finishing as a diagnostic tool for investigating the three-dimensional structure of fractures in fused silica

Joseph Menapace, Pete Davis, William Steele, Lana Wong, Tayyab Suratwala, Philip Miller

Proceedings Volume 5991, 599102 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.638840

KEYWORDS: Silica, Magnetorheological finishing, Surface finishing, Refractive index, Polishing, Statistical analysis, Photomicroscopy, Optical fabrication, Diagnostics, Abrasives

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Proceedings Article | 28 May 2004 Paper

Phosphate laser glass for NIF: production status, slab selection, and recent technical advances

Tayyab Suratwala, John Campbell, Philip Miller, Charles Thorsness, Michael Riley, Paul Ehrmann, Rusty Steele

Proceedings Volume 5341, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.539689

KEYWORDS: Glasses, National Ignition Facility, Laser glasses, Optical amplifiers, Surface finishing, Platinum, Aluminum, Amplifiers, Polishing, Humidity

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Proceedings Article | 25 October 2000 Paper

Dehydroxylation of phosphate laser glass

C. Thorsness, Tayyab Suratwala, Rusty Steele, Jack Campbell, Joseph Hayden, S. Pucilowski, Koji Suzuki

Proceedings Volume 4102, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.405283

KEYWORDS: Glasses, Data modeling, Liquids, Interfaces, Protactinium, Laser glasses, Chlorine, Diffusion, Directed energy weapons, Mass attenuation coefficient

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Proceedings Article | 23 July 1999 Paper

Fail-safe design for square vacuum-barrier windows

Tayyab Suratwala, Jack Campbell, William Steele, Rusty Steele

Proceedings Volume 3492, (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.354188

KEYWORDS: Glasses, National Ignition Facility, Lenses, Silica, Fusion energy, Spatial filters, Laser induced damage, Diagnostics, Mirrors, Data modeling

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Proceedings Article | 13 May 1997 Paper

Laser-induced damage and fracture in fused silica vacuum windows

Jack Campbell, Patricia Hurst, Dwight Heggins, William Steele, Stanley Bumpas

Proceedings Volume 2966, (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.274227

KEYWORDS: Nonlinear optics, Lenses, Glasses, Spatial filters, Silica, Laser induced damage, Borosilicate glass, Fusion energy, Laser beam propagation, Protactinium

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