Ristau D. (ed.) Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials

CRC Press, 2015. - 537 pp.
Dedicated to users and developers of high-powered systems, Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials focuses on the research field of laser-induced damage and explores the significant and steady growth of applications for high-power lasers in the academic, industrial, and military arenas. Written by renowned experts in the field, this book concentrates on the major topics of laser-induced damage in optical materials and most specifically addresses research in laser damage that occurs in the bulk and on the surface or the coating of optical components. It considers key issues in the field of high-power laser coatings, factoring in the effects of contamination and providing insight into typical application areas.
The text first provides a basic understanding of theoretical and experimental methods and then summarizes the current progress, strategies, and improvements occurring within the field of laser-induced damage. Divided into four sections, this book outlines apparent trends in modeling, and discusses measurement and evaluation techniques for laser damage thresholds in the context of international standardization and scaling laws for damage thresholds.
Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials details a variety of fundamental investigations in laser-induced damage mechanisms and functions as a valuable reference for researchers and producers of laser components, laser and photonics engineers and scientists, as well as users of laser technology and thin film optics.Fundamentals
Laser-Induced Damage Phenomena in Optics: A Historical Overview (by MJ Soileau).
Laser-Induced Damage by Thermal Effects (by Roger M Wood).
Defect-Induced Damage (by Semyon Papernov).
Self-Focusing and Nonlinear Effects (by Vitaly Gruzdev).
Femtosecond Laser-Induced Damage in Dielectric Materials (by Luke A Emmert and Wolfgang Rudolph).
Measurements
Measurement and Detection of Laser-Induced Damage (by Jianda Shao).
Statistics of Laser Damage Threshold Measurements (by Jonathan W Arenberg).
Measurement of Light Scattering, Transmittance, and Reflectance (by Sven Schröder and Angela Duparré).
Materials, Surfaces, Thin Films, and Contamination
Quartz and Glasses (by Laurent Lamaignère).
Crystalline Materials for UV Applications (by Christian Mühlig and Wolfgang Triebel).
Materials for Lasers: Frequency Conversion, Q-Switching, and Active Materials (by Anne Hildenbrand-Dhollande and Frank R Wagner).
Surface Manufacturing and Treatment (by Jérôme Néauport and Philippe Cormont).
Introduction to Optical Coatings and Thin Film Production (by H Angus Macleod).
High-Power Coatings for NIR Lasers (by Christopher J Stolz).
Coatings for fs Lasers (by Marco Jupé and Detlev Ristau).
Spaceborne Applications (by Wolfgang Riede and Denny Wernham).
Applications
Lithography in the Deep Ultraviolet and Extreme Ultraviolet (by Klaus R Mann).
Free-Electron Lasers (by Michelle Shinn).
The High-Energy Petawatt Laser PHELIX and its High-Power Optics (by Stefan Borneis and Collaborators).