Analysis in wavelength dependence of electronic damage

M. Jupé; L. Jensen; K. Starke; D. Ristau; A. Melninkaitis; V. Sirutkaitis

doi:10.1117/12.836701

31 December 2009 Analysis in wavelength dependence of electronic damage

M. Jupé, L. Jensen, K. Starke, D. Ristau, A. Melninkaitis, V. Sirutkaitis

Proceedings Volume 7504, Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 2009; 75040N (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.836701
Event: Laser Damage Symposium XLI: Annual Symposium on Optical Materials for High Power Lasers, 2009, Boulder, Colorado, United States

Abstract

Many investigations in laser induced damage thresholds (LIDT) have shown a very deterministic behavior for the ultra short pulse regime. From the current understanding, femtosecond laser damage is driven by electronic photon-matter interaction. This process can be theoretically described by photo-, and avalanche-ionization and the respective relaxation processes. On the basis of a wavelength dependency of the laser-induced damage threshold of titania, a dominant influence of multi-photon absorption (MPI) on the damage behavior could be demonstrated. This particular characteristic could be observed in a stepwise increase of the LIDT in the transition ranges of the orders of multi-photon absorption. This paper presents an analysis of the wavelength dependence of femtosecond LIDT with different theoretic models and a comparison of simulated data with the measured wavelength dependence of titania. Both, the wavelength position and the quantitative change of the laser power resistance in the range of the n to the n+1 photon absorption are calculated in a theoretical analysis. Additionally, the influence of different microstructures of titania on the quantized MPIcharacteristic is investigated.

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M. Jupé, L. Jensen, K. Starke, D. Ristau, A. Melninkaitis, and V. Sirutkaitis "Analysis in wavelength dependence of electronic damage", Proc. SPIE 7504, Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 2009, 75040N (31 December 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.836701

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