Low-loss optical coatings for high-power laser systems

C. Gallou; Pierre Isnard; Herve Piombini; Bernard R. Schmitt

doi:10.1117/12.141019

4 March 1993 Low-loss optical coatings for high-power laser systems

C. Gallou, Pierre Isnard, Herve Piombini, Bernard R. Schmitt

Proceedings Volume 1782, Thin Films for Optical Systems; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.141019
Event: Optical Systems Design '92, 1992, Berlin, Germany

Abstract

High average power laser systems require optical components with increasingly higher performances: high laser damage resistance, high reflectance or transmittance. We report here some results obtained with TiO₂/SiO₂ and ZrO₂/SiO₂ low losses mirrors designed for copper vapor lasers. Very low losses (40 ppm) are obtained with TiO₂/SiO₂; losses down to 400 ppm and laser damage thresholds up to 35 kW/cm² are obtained with ZrO₂/SiO₂.

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C. Gallou, Pierre Isnard, Herve Piombini, and Bernard R. Schmitt "Low-loss optical coatings for high-power laser systems", Proc. SPIE 1782, Thin Films for Optical Systems, (4 March 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.141019

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