T. Alig
H. Mädebach
N. Bartels
P. Allenspacher
I. Balasa
T. Böntgen
D. Ristau
L. O. Jensen

Damage precursor mitigation towards enhanced laser resistance of ultraviolet antireflective coatings

SPIE Laser Damage
15.-18. September
online
2020
Type: Konferenzbeitrag
Abstract
Spaceborne LIDAR systems with high power laser optics enable advanced understanding of the climate change. However, nano-scaled particles originating from film deposition processes reduce the laser-induced damage threshold. A secondary ion source is used to remove the particles that settle on the surface of the growing film. A second option is to remove precursors by laser irradiation before they are covered with additional layers. To verify the impact on the defect mitigation, laser-induced damage threshold tests and raster scan tests were conducted. This work has been carried under the ESA contract AO 1-8683/16/NL/BJ activity with name “Particle mitigation in high power laser optics”.