Sol-gel optical coatings processed by the 'laminar flow coating' technique

Philippe F. Belleville; Herve G. Floch; Michel Berger

doi:10.1117/12.131998

7 December 1992 Sol-gel optical coatings processed by the 'laminar flow coating' technique

Philippe F. Belleville, Herve G. Floch, Michel Berger

Proceedings Volume 1758, Sol-Gel Optics II; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.131998
Event: San Diego '92, 1992, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

We describe a new coating method "Laminar Flow Coating"* (LFC) technique developed to obtain highly reflective (HR) laser damage resistant sol-gel multidielectric coatings. Such coatings are used in highpower lasers for inertial confinement fusion experiments (ICF). This technique uses substrates in an upsidedown position and a travelling wave of coating solution is laminary transported under the substrate surface with a tubular dispense unit. This creates a thin-film coating by the solvent evaporation. Satisfactory results have been obtained onto 20-cm square glass substrates regarding the optical performances, the tickness uniformity, the edge-effects and the laser damage resistance. This deposition technique combines the advantages of both classical techniques : the substrate non-exclusive geometry such as in dip-coating and the small solution consumption such as in spin-coating. The association of sol-gel colloidal suspensions and LFC coating process has been demonstrated as a promising way to produce cheap specific optical coatings1.

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Philippe F. Belleville, Herve G. Floch, and Michel Berger "Sol-gel optical coatings processed by the 'laminar flow coating' technique", Proc. SPIE 1758, Sol-Gel Optics II, (7 December 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.131998

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