Fabrication of a glancing-angle-deposited distributed polarization rotator for ultraviolet applications

Oliver, James B.; Smith, Chris; Spaulding, John; Foster, Justin; Hoffman, Brittany N.; Papernov, Semyon; Kessler, Terry J.; MacNally, Sara

doi:10.1117/12.2312646

Title: Fabrication of a glancing-angle-deposited distributed polarization rotator for ultraviolet applications

Abstract

Glancing-angle–deposited thin films are used to fabricate half-wave plates in a 1-D striped geometry, forming alternating regions of linearly polarized light on a single 100-mm-diam substrate. MgO is selected for fabricating the birefringent films for use in vacuum, based on its formation of isolated columns that avoid potential tensile-stress failure of the porous film. While large-area tests have shown high defect densities for fluences <10 J/cm², small-spot laser-damage testing has shown resistance to fluences up to 30 J/cm² (351-nm, 5-ns pulse). Here, an amorphous silica film is investigated to match the optical thickness in the intermediate regions in an effort to fabricate a polarization-control device to reduce focal-point modulation (“beam smoothing”) in high-intensity laser systems. Ongoing efforts to improve the laser-damage threshold and minimize optical losses caused by scatter are essential to realizing a practical device. Scalability of the process to meter-scale substrates is also explored.

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Oliver, James B. ^[1]; Smith, Chris ^[1]; Spaulding, John ^[1]; Foster, Justin ^[1]; Hoffman, Brittany N. ^[1]; Papernov, Semyon ^[1]; Kessler, Terry J. ^[1]; MacNally, Sara ^[1]

Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY (United States). Lab. for Laser Energetics

Publication Date:: Tue Jun 05 00:00:00 EDT 2018

Research Org.:: Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States). Lab. for Laser Energetics

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

OSTI Identifier:: 1457134

Grant/Contract Number:: NA0001944

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 10691; Conference: SPIE Advances in Optical Thin Films, Frankfurt (Germany), 14-17 May 2018; Journal ID: ISSN 0277-786X

Publisher:: SPIE

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION; Glancing-angle deposition; GLAD; laser damage; thin film; scatter

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                    Oliver, James B., Smith, Chris, Spaulding, John, Foster, Justin, Hoffman, Brittany N., Papernov, Semyon, Kessler, Terry J., and MacNally, Sara. Fabrication of a glancing-angle-deposited distributed polarization rotator for ultraviolet applications.  United States: N. p., 2018. 
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                    Oliver, James B., Smith, Chris, Spaulding, John, Foster, Justin, Hoffman, Brittany N., Papernov, Semyon, Kessler, Terry J., & MacNally, Sara. Fabrication of a glancing-angle-deposited distributed polarization rotator for ultraviolet applications.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312646

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                    Oliver, James B., Smith, Chris, Spaulding, John, Foster, Justin, Hoffman, Brittany N., Papernov, Semyon, Kessler, Terry J., and MacNally, Sara. Tue .  
"Fabrication of a glancing-angle-deposited distributed polarization rotator for ultraviolet applications".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312646.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1457134.

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  title        = {Fabrication of a glancing-angle-deposited distributed polarization rotator for ultraviolet applications},

  author       = {Oliver, James B. and Smith, Chris and Spaulding, John and Foster, Justin and Hoffman, Brittany N. and Papernov, Semyon and Kessler, Terry J. and MacNally, Sara},

  abstractNote = {Glancing-angle–deposited thin films are used to fabricate half-wave plates in a 1-D striped geometry, forming alternating regions of linearly polarized light on a single 100-mm-diam substrate. MgO is selected for fabricating the birefringent films for use in vacuum, based on its formation of isolated columns that avoid potential tensile-stress failure of the porous film. While large-area tests have shown high defect densities for fluences <10 J/cm2, small-spot laser-damage testing has shown resistance to fluences up to 30 J/cm2 (351-nm, 5-ns pulse). Here, an amorphous silica film is investigated to match the optical thickness in the intermediate regions in an effort to fabricate a polarization-control device to reduce focal-point modulation (“beam smoothing”) in high-intensity laser systems. Ongoing efforts to improve the laser-damage threshold and minimize optical losses caused by scatter are essential to realizing a practical device. Scalability of the process to meter-scale substrates is also explored.},

  doi          = {10.1117/12.2312646},

  journal      = {Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering},

  number       = ,

  volume       = 10691,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Tue Jun 05 00:00:00 EDT 2018},

  month        = {Tue Jun 05 00:00:00 EDT 2018}

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Figure 1: Large-aperture DPR, with alternating regions of half-wave retardance and no retardance, yielding orthogonal linear polarization regions.

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