Head of Coatings Group
Optical Components Department
E-Mail: t.boentgen@lzh.dePhone: +49 511 2788-221
Short-Bio
Study of physics at the University of Hannover (now: Leibniz Universität Hannover), diploma in physics in 2009. From 2009 to 2013, Tammo Böntgen was a scientist at the University of Leipzig.
Since 2013, Tammo Böntgen has been working at the Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH) as a scientific employee, and develops special coatings for the optical industry in the Coatings Group.
Dipl.-Phys. Tammo Böntgen is heading the Optical Coatings Group in the Optical Components Department since 2018.
Main Research Areas
- Fabrication of dielectric coatings using ion beam sputtering
- Fabrication of special dielectric filters
- Coatings for astronomy and space applications
LZH publications
Journal articles (reviewed) (2)
Prevention of laser damage precursors in spaceborne ultraviolet antireflection coatings
Opt. Express
10
29
14189-14200
2021
Journal articles (non-reviewed) (2)
Mitigating damage precursors to improve the laser resistance of ion beam sputtered antireflective coatings
Proceedings of the International Conference on Space Optics (ICSO)
11852
565-571
2021
Increasing the laser induced damage resistance of ultraviolet antireflective coatings by mitigation of damage precursors
Laser Congress 2020 (ASSL, LAC), OSA Technical Digest
AW1A.6
2020
Conference papers (5)
Mitigating damage precursors to improve the laser resistance of ion beam sputtered antireflective coatings
International Conference on Space Optics (ICSO)
29. März - 02. April
online
2021
Increasing the laser induced damage resistance of ultraviolet antireflective coatings by mitigation of damage precursors
OSA Laser Congress
13.-16. Oktober
online
2020
Damage precursor mitigation towards enhanced laser resistance of ultraviolet antireflective coatings
SPIE Laser Damage
15.-18. September
online
2020
Optical coatings – precision engineering on non-flat surfaces
EOS Annual Meeting (EOSAM)
07.-11. September
online
2020
Highest laser powers – not without understanding the limits of the coatings
OSA Laser Congress
30. September
Wien
2019