The effect of pseudo-accumulation in the measurement of fatigue laser-induced damage threshold

A. Melninkaitis; J. Mirauskas; M. Jupé; D. Ristau; J. W. Arenberg; V. Sirutkaitis

doi:10.1117/12.804467

30 December 2008 The effect of pseudo-accumulation in the measurement of fatigue laser-induced damage threshold

A. Melninkaitis, J. Mirauskas, M. Jupé, D. Ristau, J. W. Arenberg, V. Sirutkaitis

Proceedings Volume 7132, Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 2008; 713203 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.804467
Event: Boulder Damage Symposium XL Annual Symposium on Optical Materials for High Power Lasers, 2008, Boulder, Colorado, United States

Abstract

Laser-induced damage threshold determination as a function of the number of incident pulses on a specific optic is a classic problem in laser damage studies. There are several models of the fundamental mechanisms explaining the fatigue laser damage behavior including temperature accumulation and changes of electronic or chemical material structure. Herewith we discuss the effects of unstable laser radiation on S-on-1 laser-induced damage probability. Numerical simulations of S-on-1 measurements for specific cases of defect densities, spot sizes and beam jitters are performed. It is demonstrated that the statistical effects of "pseudo-accumulation" reasoned by unstable laser radiation in transparent dielectrics containing nanometer sized defects leads to accumulation-like behavior. The magnitudes of the random beam walking and the energy fluctuations are directly related to the damage probability. Experimental results are also introduced to illustrate the theoretical results.

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A. Melninkaitis, J. Mirauskas, M. Jupé, D. Ristau, J. W. Arenberg, and V. Sirutkaitis "The effect of pseudo-accumulation in the measurement of fatigue laser-induced damage threshold", Proc. SPIE 7132, Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 2008, 713203 (30 December 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.804467

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