SOCRATE: an optical bench dedicated to the understanding and improvement of a laser conditioning process

被引：19
作者：
Bertussi, Bertrand [1 ]
Piombini, Herve [1 ]
Damiani, David [1 ]
Pommies, Matthieu [1 ]
Le Borgne, Xavier [1 ]
Plessis, Daniel [1 ]
机构：
[1] CEA, F-37260 Monts, France
来源：
APPLIED OPTICS | 2006年 / 45卷 / 33期
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D O I：
10.1364/AO.45.008506
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
We present an automatic excimer laser bench (SOCRATE) allowing for the treatment of optical components by laser conditioning. This apparatus, developed at the Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique-Le Ripault, has been designed to add to this conditioning process an in situ, accurate laser-induced damage threshold (LIDT) measurement and different nondestructive optical techniques for the characterization of the component during treatment. Through different examples, we demonstrate the importance of these characterizations to improve the understanding of the laser conditioning. The role of an in situ adapted metrology associated in real time with a laser conditioning bench offers new opportunities to analyze laser-induced damage mechanisms and subsequently to increase the LIDT of optical components. (c) 2006 Optical Society of America.
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页码：8506 / 8516
页数：11
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