Effect of SiO{sub 2} overcoat thickness on laser damage morphology of HfO{sub 2}/SiO{sub 2} Brewster`s angle polarizers at 1064 nm
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
- Spectra-Physics Lasers, Inc., Mountain View, CA (United States). Components and Accessories Group
- Rochester Univ., NY (United States). Lab. for Laser Energetics
HfO{sub 2}/SiO{sub 2} Brewster`s angle polarizers are being developed at LLNL for the National Ignition Facility. Damage threshold studies using a 3-ns pulse length 1064-nm laser have revealed a number of different damage morphologies such as nodular ejection pits, plasma scalds, flat bottom pits, and overcoat delaminations. Of these laser damage morphologies, delaminations have the most negative impact on the multilayer stability. By selecting the proper SiO{sub 2} overcoat thickness, the delamination morphology is eliminated without significantly modifying the spectra characteristics of the coating and the functional damage threshold is increased by 2-4x. A model of the thermal mechanical response of the overcoats is presented for various SiO{sub 2} overcoat thicknesses. The overcoat thickness influences the electric-field profile resulting in different thermal gradients between the outer SiO{sub 2} and HfO{sub 2} layers. This modeling effort attempts to understand the relation between the thermal stress distribution in the overcoat and the occurrence of delamination.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 491875
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-JC-124875; CONF-961070-15; ON: DE97052683; TRN: 97:019075
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 28. annual symposium on optical materials for high power lasers - Boulder damage symposium, Boulder, CO (United States), 7-9 Oct 1996; Other Information: PBD: 3 Mar 1997
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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