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How to Determine the Laser-Induced Damage Threshold of 2D Imaging ArraysFormat | Member Price | Non-Member Price |
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Pages: 25
ISBN:
Volume: SL47
- 1 Introduction 1
- 2 Experimental Method
- 2.1 Experimental prerequisites
- 2.1.1 Optical setup overview
- 2.1.2 Determination of fluence at the camera
- 2.1.3 Focus of the camera
- 2.2 Testing methodology
- 2.3 Adaptation for a continuous wave
- 3 Data Analysis
- 3.1 Basic presentation
- 3.2 Pixel counting
- 3.3 Probit fits
- 4 Summary
Preface
This Spotlight is intended for experimentalists learning how to perform laser damage measurements on cameras. The importance of understanding the laser-induced damage threshold of a camera and how it can define protection measures is discussed. A guide to the experimental methodology and testing considerations to measure the damage threshold of an off-the-shelf visible-band charge-coupled device (CCD) camera to a pulsed laser under laboratory conditions is presented. This same methodology can be applied to other 2-D detector arrays, and the steps to adjust the experimental process to perform continuous-wave laser damage threshold measurements are described. Finally, data analysis techniques relevant to this type of experiment are addressed.
Christopher Westgate
January 2019
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