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Paper Abstract
Photon-induced contamination of optical surfaces is a major obstacle for space-bound laser applications. At
Laser-Laboratorium Göttingen, a setup was developed that allows monitoring transmission, reflection and fluorescence of
laser-irradiated
optical components under well-controlled vacuum conditions, in order to assess their possible optical
degradation due to radiation-induced contaminant deposition in orbit. In cooperation with the European Space Agency
ESA optical elements for the ADM-Aelolus mission were investigated. In order to perform global wind-profile
observation based on Doppler-LIDAR, the satellite ADM-Aelolus will be launched in 2011 and injected into an orbit 400
km above Earth's surface. ADM-Aeolus will be the first satellite ever that is equipped with a UV-laser (emitting at a
wavelength of 355 nm) and a reflector telescope.
For both high-reflecting mirrors and an anti-reflective coated windows long-term irradiation tests (up to 500 million laser
pulses per test run) were performed at a base pressure < 10-9 mbar, using a XeF excimer laser (λ=351 nm, repetition rate
1kHz). At this, samples of polymers used inside the satellite (insulators for cabling, adhesives, etc.) were installed into
the chamber, and the interaction of their degassing with the sample surfaces under laser irradiation was investigated.
Optical degradation associated with contaminant adsorption was detected on the irradiated sample sites as a function of
various parameters, including pulse repetition rate, view factor and coating material
Paper Details
Date Published: 29 November 2010
PDF: 9 pages
Proc. SPIE 7842, Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 2010, 78422E (29 November 2010); doi: 10.1117/12.869297
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 7842:
Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 2010
Gregory J. Exarhos; Vitaly E. Gruzdev; Joseph A. Menapace; Detlev Ristau; M. J. Soileau, Editor(s)
PDF: 9 pages
Proc. SPIE 7842, Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 2010, 78422E (29 November 2010); doi: 10.1117/12.869297
Show Author Affiliations
Uwe Leinhos, Laser-Lab. Göttingen e.V. (Germany)
Klaus Mann, Laser-Lab. Göttingen e.V. (Germany)
Armin Bayer, Laser-Lab. Göttingen e.V. (Germany)
Jens-Oliver Dette, Laser-Lab. Göttingen e.V. (Germany)
Matthias Schöneck, Laser-Lab. Göttingen e.V. (Germany)
Martin Endemann, European Space Research and Technology Ctr. (Netherlands)
Klaus Mann, Laser-Lab. Göttingen e.V. (Germany)
Armin Bayer, Laser-Lab. Göttingen e.V. (Germany)
Jens-Oliver Dette, Laser-Lab. Göttingen e.V. (Germany)
Matthias Schöneck, Laser-Lab. Göttingen e.V. (Germany)
Martin Endemann, European Space Research and Technology Ctr. (Netherlands)
Denny Wernham, European Space Research and Technology Ctr. (Netherlands)
Federico Petazzi, European Space Research and Technology Ctr. (Netherlands)
Adrian Tighe, European Space Research and Technology Ctr. (Netherlands)
Jorge Alves, European Space Research and Technology Ctr. (Netherlands)
Dominique Thibault, EADS Astrium (France)
Federico Petazzi, European Space Research and Technology Ctr. (Netherlands)
Adrian Tighe, European Space Research and Technology Ctr. (Netherlands)
Jorge Alves, European Space Research and Technology Ctr. (Netherlands)
Dominique Thibault, EADS Astrium (France)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 7842:
Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 2010
Gregory J. Exarhos; Vitaly E. Gruzdev; Joseph A. Menapace; Detlev Ristau; M. J. Soileau, Editor(s)
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