Femtosecond damage experiments and modeling of broadband mid-infrared dielectric diffraction gratings
Abstract
High peak and average power lasers with high wall-plug efficiency, like the Big Aperture Thulium (BAT) laser, have garnered tremendous attention in laser technology. To meet the requirements of the BAT laser, we have developed low-dispersion reflection multilayer dielectric (MLD) gratings suitable for compression of high-energy pulses for operations at 2 micron wavelength. We carried out 10000-on-1 damage tests to investigate the fluence damage thresholds of the designed MLD gratings and mirrors, which were found between 100-230 mJ/cm2. An ultrashort pulsed laser (FWHM = 53 fs, λ = 1.9 μm) operating at 500 Hz was used in the serpentine raster scans. The atomic force microscope images of the damage sites show blister formation of the underlying layers at lower fluences but ablation of the grating pillars at higher fluences. We simulated the dynamic electronic excitation in the MLD optics with a finite-difference in the time domain approach in 2D. The simulation results agree well with the LIDT measurements and the observed blister formation. This model is able to evaluate the absolute LIDT of MLD gratings.
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); XUV Lasers, Inc., Fort Collins, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1830450
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1860777; OSTI ID: 1864481
- Report Number(s):
- LLNL-JRNL-824269
Journal ID: ISSN 1094-4087; OPEXFF
- Grant/Contract Number:
- 17-ERD-033; 21-ERD-016; AC52-07NA27344; SC0019900
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Optics Express
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Optics Express Journal Volume: 29 Journal Issue: 24; Journal ID: ISSN 1094-4087
- Publisher:
- Optical Society of America
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 42 ENGINEERING; high peak; average power lasers; laser-induced damaged; low-dispersion reflectors
Citation Formats
Zhang, Simin, Tripepi, Michael, AlShafey, Abdallah, Talisa, Noah, Nguyen, Hoang T., Reagan, Brendan A., Sistrunk, Emily, Gibson, David J., Alessi, David A., and Chowdhury, Enam A. Femtosecond damage experiments and modeling of broadband mid-infrared dielectric diffraction gratings. United States: N. p., 2021.
Web. doi:10.1364/OE.439895.
Zhang, Simin, Tripepi, Michael, AlShafey, Abdallah, Talisa, Noah, Nguyen, Hoang T., Reagan, Brendan A., Sistrunk, Emily, Gibson, David J., Alessi, David A., & Chowdhury, Enam A. Femtosecond damage experiments and modeling of broadband mid-infrared dielectric diffraction gratings. United States. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.439895
Zhang, Simin, Tripepi, Michael, AlShafey, Abdallah, Talisa, Noah, Nguyen, Hoang T., Reagan, Brendan A., Sistrunk, Emily, Gibson, David J., Alessi, David A., and Chowdhury, Enam A. Tue .
"Femtosecond damage experiments and modeling of broadband mid-infrared dielectric diffraction gratings". United States. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.439895.
@article{osti_1830450,
title = {Femtosecond damage experiments and modeling of broadband mid-infrared dielectric diffraction gratings},
author = {Zhang, Simin and Tripepi, Michael and AlShafey, Abdallah and Talisa, Noah and Nguyen, Hoang T. and Reagan, Brendan A. and Sistrunk, Emily and Gibson, David J. and Alessi, David A. and Chowdhury, Enam A.},
abstractNote = {High peak and average power lasers with high wall-plug efficiency, like the Big Aperture Thulium (BAT) laser, have garnered tremendous attention in laser technology. To meet the requirements of the BAT laser, we have developed low-dispersion reflection multilayer dielectric (MLD) gratings suitable for compression of high-energy pulses for operations at 2 micron wavelength. We carried out 10000-on-1 damage tests to investigate the fluence damage thresholds of the designed MLD gratings and mirrors, which were found between 100-230 mJ/cm2. An ultrashort pulsed laser (FWHM = 53 fs, λ = 1.9 μm) operating at 500 Hz was used in the serpentine raster scans. The atomic force microscope images of the damage sites show blister formation of the underlying layers at lower fluences but ablation of the grating pillars at higher fluences. We simulated the dynamic electronic excitation in the MLD optics with a finite-difference in the time domain approach in 2D. The simulation results agree well with the LIDT measurements and the observed blister formation. This model is able to evaluate the absolute LIDT of MLD gratings.},
doi = {10.1364/OE.439895},
journal = {Optics Express},
number = 24,
volume = 29,
place = {United States},
year = {2021},
month = {11}
}
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