Laser damage in thin film optical coatings. State of the art review 1984-1989

Technical Report · Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992

OSTI ID:6951824

Kogler, K J

This document has been prepared in the interest of aiding optical designers select laser damage resistant coatings for optical elements to be employed in military systems using lasers or encountering lasers used as weapons or countermeasures. It provides an extensive data base of damage thresholds for oxide, fluoride and chalcogenide single layer and multilayer coatings. The data base is supported by a detailed description of how the coatings were synthesized and how the measurements were performed to collect the damage threshold data. The basis from which the information was collected covers a period from 1984 through 1989. The material reviewed includes investigation of causes of damage in optical coatings and approaches to reducing or eliminating damage mechanisms with the objective of raising damage thresholds. The information should be found useful in selecting coating materials and techniques for their synthesis or as a tool in evaluating the susceptibility of existing coated optical elements.

• Research Organization: Tactical Weapon Guidance and Control Information and Analysis Center, Chicago, IL (United States)
• OSTI ID: 6951824
• Report Number(s): AD-A-259425/7/XAB; GACIAC-SOAR-91-01; CNN: DLA900-86-C-0022
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
42 ENGINEERING
45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
CHALCOGENIDES
COATINGS
FLUORIDES
LASER RADIATION
OPTICAL REFLECTION
MILITARY EQUIPMENT
INFORMATION NEEDS
OXIDES
RADIATION EFFECTS
EVALUATION
ALGORITHMS
DATA BASE MANAGEMENT
MISSION ANALYSIS
MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS
OPTICAL PROPERTIES
THIN FILMS
WEAPONS
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
EQUIPMENT
FILMS
FLUORINE COMPOUNDS
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
MANAGEMENT
MATHEMATICAL LOGIC
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
RADIATIONS
REFLECTION
360606* - Other Materials- Physical Properties- (1992-)
426002 - Engineering- Lasers & Masers- (1990-)
450500 - Military Technology
Weaponry
& National Defense- Strategic Defense Initiative- (1990-)