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Influence of the test parameters on LIDT determination for single and multiple laser irradiations in optical components in nanosecond regimeFormat | Member Price | Non-Member Price |
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Paper Abstract
LIDT specification of optical components is now widely required to perform laser systems where high power and/or long
term life are the critical points. Depending on the application, the system has to resist to single shot with the highest
possible intensity as in the NIF and Megajoule projects. Otherwise a compromise on LIDT value is necessary to permit a
great shot number (109 shots) for example for spatial applications.
In order to characterize the LIDT and long term life of components, specific laser induced damage setups are used. The
test configuration is close to the final application (wavelength, pulse duration, beam shape), but most often, parameters
as spatial and temporal beam profiles are different. Otherwise, different test procedures as raster scan method or statistic
procedure are used to determine the behavior of material, which induces additional differences between the obtained
LIDT values. For practical reasons (cost and size of sample) the beam size is most often smaller than in the final
application. Because of these parameters misfit, differences are highlighted between the setups of different laboratories
even using the same ISO norm.
In this context differences with the final system has to be expected in terms of LIDT. A good knowledge of the influence
of the different parameters on the final result is required to reduce the LIDT uncertainty. In this paper, to illustrate the
purpose, we will present examples of significant influence induced by test sampling, beam diameter, spatial and temporal
profile applied to non-linear crystal and silica.
Paper Details
Date Published: 9 July 2013
PDF: 7 pages
Proc. SPIE 8786, Pacific Rim Laser Damage 2013: Optical Materials for High Power Lasers, 878618 (9 July 2013); doi: 10.1117/12.2020416
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 8786:
Pacific Rim Laser Damage 2013: Optical Materials for High Power Lasers
Jianda Shao; Takahisa Jitsuno; Wolfgang Rudolph, Editor(s)
PDF: 7 pages
Proc. SPIE 8786, Pacific Rim Laser Damage 2013: Optical Materials for High Power Lasers, 878618 (9 July 2013); doi: 10.1117/12.2020416
Show Author Affiliations
Jean-Yves Natoli, Aix-Marseille-Univ., CNRS, Ecole Centrale Marseille, Institut Fresnel (France)
Frank Wagner, Aix-Marseille-Univ., CNRS, Ecole Centrale Marseille, Institut Fresnel (France)
Frank Wagner, Aix-Marseille-Univ., CNRS, Ecole Centrale Marseille, Institut Fresnel (France)
Céline Gouldieff, Aix-Marseille-Univ., CNRS, Ecole Centrale Marseille, Institut Fresnel (France)
Mireille Commandré, Aix-Marseille-Univ., CNRS, Ecole Centrale Marseille, Institut Fresnel (France)
Mireille Commandré, Aix-Marseille-Univ., CNRS, Ecole Centrale Marseille, Institut Fresnel (France)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 8786:
Pacific Rim Laser Damage 2013: Optical Materials for High Power Lasers
Jianda Shao; Takahisa Jitsuno; Wolfgang Rudolph, Editor(s)
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