241 Pages
by
CRC Press
241 Pages
by
CRC Press
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The laser power handling capacities of optical systems are determined by the physical properties of their component materials. At low intensity levels these factors are not important, but an understanding of damage mechanisms is fundamental to good design of laser products operating at high power. Laser Induced Damage of Optical Materials presents a comprehensive overview of the damage processes... Read more
Glossary of Terms
OPTICAL EFFECTS AT LOW POWER/ENERGY LEVELS
Introduction
Electromagnetic Theory
Dispoersion
Reflectance and Transmittance
Reflectance and Absortance of a Conducting Surface
Molecular Polarizability
Absorption
Scatter
Analysis of R, T, A and S Measurements
OPTICAL EFFECTS AT MEDIUM POWER/ENERGY LEVELS
Introduction
Absorption
Raman Scattering
Brillouin Scattering
Harmonic Generation
Self-Focusing
DAMAGE THEORY
Introduction
Thermal Mechanisms
Dielectric Processes
Testing Regimes
Time of Damage
Damage Morphology
SURFACES AND SUB-SURFACES
Introduction
Surfaces
Sub-Surface
COATINGS
Introduction
Coating Technology
Measurements and Morphology of Coated Surfaces
Coating Design
Damage to Dielectric Coatings
SPECIAL TOPICS
Ambient Atmosphere/Gases
Liquids
Photodetectors
Fibre Optics
Scaling Laws
Significance of the Units of Measurement
MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES
Introduction
Measurement of Power, Power Density, Energy, and Energy Density
Laser-Induced Damage Threshold
Measurement of Optical Characteristics
Surface Measurement and Specification
Other Measurements
APPENDICES
References
Index
OPTICAL EFFECTS AT LOW POWER/ENERGY LEVELS
Introduction
Electromagnetic Theory
Dispoersion
Reflectance and Transmittance
Reflectance and Absortance of a Conducting Surface
Molecular Polarizability
Absorption
Scatter
Analysis of R, T, A and S Measurements
OPTICAL EFFECTS AT MEDIUM POWER/ENERGY LEVELS
Introduction
Absorption
Raman Scattering
Brillouin Scattering
Harmonic Generation
Self-Focusing
DAMAGE THEORY
Introduction
Thermal Mechanisms
Dielectric Processes
Testing Regimes
Time of Damage
Damage Morphology
SURFACES AND SUB-SURFACES
Introduction
Surfaces
Sub-Surface
COATINGS
Introduction
Coating Technology
Measurements and Morphology of Coated Surfaces
Coating Design
Damage to Dielectric Coatings
SPECIAL TOPICS
Ambient Atmosphere/Gases
Liquids
Photodetectors
Fibre Optics
Scaling Laws
Significance of the Units of Measurement
MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES
Introduction
Measurement of Power, Power Density, Energy, and Energy Density
Laser-Induced Damage Threshold
Measurement of Optical Characteristics
Surface Measurement and Specification
Other Measurements
APPENDICES
References
Index
Biography
Wood, Roger M.
"The study of LIDT theory, mechanisms, measurement, and amelioration has become a major research topic in the laser community. Laser-Induced Damage of Optical Materials will be an invaluable resource to users of industrial lasers as well as those involved in the design of optical systems where high-laser intensity is a factor. Graduate students will welcome this updated, compact, handy reference."
-Optics & Photonics News, May 2005
