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Title: Glancing-angle-deposited magnesium oxide films for high-fluence applications

Abstract

Here, Birefringent magnesium oxide thin films are formed by glancing angle deposition to perform as quarter-wave plates at a wavelength of 351 nm. These films are being developed to fabricate a large aperture distributed-polarization rotator for use in vacuum, with an ultimate laser-damage–threshold goal of up to 12 J/cm2 for a 5-ns flat-in-time pulse. The laser-damage threshold, ease of deposition, and optical film properties are evaluated. While the measured large-area laser-damage threshold is limited to ~4 J/cm2 in vacuum, initial results based on small-spot testing in air (>20 J/cm2) suggest MgO may be suitable with further process development.

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  1. Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY (United States)
  2. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
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Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1264254
Grant/Contract Number:  
NA0001944
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Optical Materials Express
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 6; Journal Issue: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 2159-3930
Publisher:
Optical Society of America (OSA)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; deposition and fabrication; polarization; other optical properties; subwavelength structures; nanostructures

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Oliver, J. B., Smith, C., Spaulding, J., Rigatti, A. L., Charles, B., Papernov, S., Taylor, B., Foster, J., Carr, C. W., Luthi, R., Hollingsworth, B., and Cross, D. Glancing-angle-deposited magnesium oxide films for high-fluence applications. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1364/OME.6.002291.
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Oliver, J. B., Smith, C., Spaulding, J., Rigatti, A. L., Charles, B., Papernov, S., Taylor, B., Foster, J., Carr, C. W., Luthi, R., Hollingsworth, B., & Cross, D. Glancing-angle-deposited magnesium oxide films for high-fluence applications. United States. https://doi.org/10.1364/OME.6.002291
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Oliver, J. B., Smith, C., Spaulding, J., Rigatti, A. L., Charles, B., Papernov, S., Taylor, B., Foster, J., Carr, C. W., Luthi, R., Hollingsworth, B., and Cross, D. Wed . "Glancing-angle-deposited magnesium oxide films for high-fluence applications". United States. https://doi.org/10.1364/OME.6.002291. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1264254.
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@article{osti_1264254,
title = {Glancing-angle-deposited magnesium oxide films for high-fluence applications},
author = {Oliver, J. B. and Smith, C. and Spaulding, J. and Rigatti, A. L. and Charles, B. and Papernov, S. and Taylor, B. and Foster, J. and Carr, C. W. and Luthi, R. and Hollingsworth, B. and Cross, D.},
abstractNote = {Here, Birefringent magnesium oxide thin films are formed by glancing angle deposition to perform as quarter-wave plates at a wavelength of 351 nm. These films are being developed to fabricate a large aperture distributed-polarization rotator for use in vacuum, with an ultimate laser-damage–threshold goal of up to 12 J/cm2 for a 5-ns flat-in-time pulse. The laser-damage threshold, ease of deposition, and optical film properties are evaluated. While the measured large-area laser-damage threshold is limited to ~4 J/cm2 in vacuum, initial results based on small-spot testing in air (>20 J/cm2) suggest MgO may be suitable with further process development.},
doi = {10.1364/OME.6.002291},
journal = {Optical Materials Express},
number = 7,
volume = 6,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jun 15 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Wed Jun 15 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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