Dynamics of optical damage of thin aluminum film irradiated by picosecond laser pulses

V. V. Golovlyov; W. R. Garrett; C. H. Winston Chen

doi:10.1117/1.600665

1 March 1996 Dynamics of optical damage of thin aluminum film irradiated by picosecond laser pulses

V. V. Golovlyov, W. R. Garrett, C. H. Winston Chen

Optical Engineering, Vol. 35, Issue 3, (March 1996). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.600665

Time resolved reflectivity measurements of thin aluminum films undergoing damage by picosecond laser pulses are described. Experimental results are compared with results from reflectance calculations using the model of hydrodynamic expansion of a metal layer heated by a short laser pulse. Both experimental and theoretical results confirm that thin metal films are useful as damageable optical elements in an optical power limiting device.

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V. V. Golovlyov, W. R. Garrett, and C. H. Winston Chen "Dynamics of optical damage of thin aluminum film irradiated by picosecond laser pulses," Optical Engineering 35(3), (1 March 1996). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.600665

Published: 1 March 1996

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