• DocumentCode
    2877702
  • Title

    Damage and distortion measurement for HR, low-loss mirrors to 100+ MW/cm2 CW laser intensity

  • Author

    Meng, Lei S. ; Brasseur, Jason K. ; Neumann, David K.

  • Author_Institution
    Directed Energy Solutions, Colorado Springs, CO
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    By high-finesse cavity enhancement, we achieve 101plusmn9 MW/cm2 cw intracavity intensity on the surfaces of the cavity mirrors. No permanent damage to the mirrorspsila coating is found and distortion measurement of mirrorspsila surfaces is performed.
  • Keywords
    distortion measurement; laser beam effects; laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; optical films; optical testing; optical variables measurement; reflectivity; CW laser intensity; HR mirror; high-finesse cavity enhancement; high-reflectance mirror; intracavity intensity; low-loss cavity mirrors; mirror coating damage; mirror surface distortion measurement; Coatings; Distortion measurement; Frequency measurement; Frequency modulation; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Mirrors; Optical distortion; Optical resonators; Resonant frequency; (140:4780) Optical resonators; (230.4040) Mirrors; (310.1620) Coatings; (350.1820) Damage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628628
  • Filename
    4628628
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2877702