DOE PAGES title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Glancing-angle-deposited silica films for ultraviolet wave plates

Journal Article · · Applied Optics
 [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1]
  1. Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States). Lab. for Laser Energetics

Birefringent silica films are formed by glancing-angle deposition to fabricate quarter- and half-wave plates at a wavelength of 351 nm. A multilayer design is implemented here to achieve low-loss transmittance with a high 351-nm laser-induced–damage threshold.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States). Lab. for Laser Energetics
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
Grant/Contract Number:
NA0003856
OSTI ID:
1607350
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1582098
Report Number(s):
2019-8; 1554; APOPAI; 2019-8, 1554, 2510; TRN: US2104623
Journal Information:
Applied Optics, Vol. 59, Issue 5; Conference: Optical Interference Coatings, Santa Ana Pueblo, NM (United States), 2-7 June 2019; ISSN 1559-128X
Publisher:
Optical Society of AmericaCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 13 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

References (23)

A high accuracy femto-/picosecond laser damage test facility dedicated to the study of optical thin films journal January 2012
Birefringent omnidirectional reflector journal January 2004
One step closer to the intrinsic laser damage threshold of HfO 2 and SiO 2 monolayer thin films conference April 1998
Linear and circular form birefringence of coatings fabricated by serial bideposition conference June 1999
Correlation lengths, porosity and water adsorption in TiO 2 thin films prepared by glancing angle deposition journal April 2012
Polarization beam smoothing for inertial confinement fusion journal April 2000
Light scattering from thin films with an oblique columnar structure and with granular inclusions journal January 1995
Ellipsometric modeling of serially bi-deposited glancing-angle-deposition coatings journal November 2019
Polarization smoothing in a convergent beam journal January 2004
Irradiation uniformity for high-compression laser-fusion experiments journal May 1999
Polarized optical scattering by inhomogeneities and surface roughness in an anisotropic thin film journal January 2017
Electron-beam–deposited distributed polarization rotator for high-power laser applications journal January 2014
Porous broadband antireflection coating by glancing angle deposition journal January 2003
Uniform Si nanostructures grown by oblique angle deposition with substrate swing rotation journal July 2005
Optical thin-film materials with low refractive index for broadband elimination of Fresnel reflection journal March 2007
Vacuum evaporated porous silicon photonic interference filters journal January 2003
Serial bideposition of anisotropic thin films with enhanced linear birefringence journal January 1999
Reversible spectral shift in coatings journal January 1988
Porosity engineering in glancing angle deposition thin films journal February 2005
Refractive index determination of SiO_2 layer in the UV/Vis/NIR range: spectrophotometric reverse engineering on single and bi-layer designs journal January 2013
Localized absorption effects during 351 nm, pulsed laser irradiation of dielectric multilayer thin films journal December 1997
Highly Resistant Zero-Order Waveplates Based on All-Silica Multilayer Coatings (Phys. Status Solidi A 12∕2017) journal December 2017
Polarization smoothing on the national ignition facility journal June 2006