With the ever-increasing laser power and repetition rate,thermal control of laser media is becoming increasingly important.Except for widely used air cooling or a bonded heat sink,water cooling of a laser medium is mo...With the ever-increasing laser power and repetition rate,thermal control of laser media is becoming increasingly important.Except for widely used air cooling or a bonded heat sink,water cooling of a laser medium is more effective in removing waste heat.However,how to protect deliquescent laser media from water erosion is a challenging issue.Here,novel waterproof coatings were proposed to shield Nd:Glass from water erosion.After clarifying the dependence of the waterproof property of single layers on their microstructures and pore characteristics,nanocomposites that dope SiO_(2) in HfO_(2) were synthesized using an ion-assisted co-evaporation process to solve the issue of a lack of a highindex material that simultaneously has a dense amorphous microstructure and wide bandgap.Hf_(0.7)Si_(0.3)O_(2)/SiO_(2) multifunctional coatings were finally shown to possess an excellent waterproof property,high laser-induced damage threshold(LIDT)and good spectral performance,which can be used as the enabling components for thermal control in high-power laser cavities.展开更多
In the present state of the art,ion beam sputtering is used to produce low-loss dielectric optics.During the manufacturing of a dielectric layer stack,the deposition material must be changed,which requires rapid mecha...In the present state of the art,ion beam sputtering is used to produce low-loss dielectric optics.During the manufacturing of a dielectric layer stack,the deposition material must be changed,which requires rapid mechanical movement of vacuum components.These mechanical components can be regarded as a risk factor for contamination during the coating process,which limits the quality of high-end laser components.To minimize the particle contamination,we present a novel deposition concept that does not require movable components to change the coating material during the coating process.A magnetic field guiding technique has been developed,which enables the tuning of the refractive index in the layer structure by sputtering mixtures with varying compositions of two materials using a single-ion source.The versatility of this new concept is demonstrated for a highreflection mirror.展开更多
During the last decade, striking improvements could be achieved for the precise control of deposition processes in optical coating technology. For example, as a consequence of enormous progresses in measure- ment and ...During the last decade, striking improvements could be achieved for the precise control of deposition processes in optical coating technology. For example, as a consequence of enormous progresses in measure- ment and computer technology, direct optical monitoring in a broad spectral range can be considered as a common tool in many production environments nowadays. Besides the development of the corresponding hardware and measurement channels, advanced approaches for the evaluation of the acquired data and new multiple sensor monitoring strategies moved into the focus of modern research on the way towards de- terministic deposition techniques. In this context, also innovative concepts for the simulation of deposition processes to forecast the result for a specified coating design and automatic online correction algorithms gained of importance to reduce the risk of failure in coating production. The present contribution will be dedicated to selected aspects in this field, especially addressing broad band optical monitoring systems. A short review on examples for existing hardware configurations and software tools will be presented illus- trating the advantages of modern process control techniques. Novel approaches based on the modeling of thin film growth are discussed as an additional strategy to improve the predictability of coating processes.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.61522506,51475335,61621001 and 91536111)Joint Sino-German Research Project(No.GZ1275)+3 种基金National Program on Key Research Project(No.2016YFA0200900)Major projects of Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai(No.17JC1400800)“Shu Guang”project supported by Shanghai Municipal Education Commission and Shanghai Education(No.17SG22)Development Foundation National Key Scientific Instrument and Equipment Development Project(No.2014YQ090709).
文摘With the ever-increasing laser power and repetition rate,thermal control of laser media is becoming increasingly important.Except for widely used air cooling or a bonded heat sink,water cooling of a laser medium is more effective in removing waste heat.However,how to protect deliquescent laser media from water erosion is a challenging issue.Here,novel waterproof coatings were proposed to shield Nd:Glass from water erosion.After clarifying the dependence of the waterproof property of single layers on their microstructures and pore characteristics,nanocomposites that dope SiO_(2) in HfO_(2) were synthesized using an ion-assisted co-evaporation process to solve the issue of a lack of a highindex material that simultaneously has a dense amorphous microstructure and wide bandgap.Hf_(0.7)Si_(0.3)O_(2)/SiO_(2) multifunctional coatings were finally shown to possess an excellent waterproof property,high laser-induced damage threshold(LIDT)and good spectral performance,which can be used as the enabling components for thermal control in high-power laser cavities.
基金This work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft(DFG)within the framework of the Cluster of Excellence QUEST Project 201.
文摘In the present state of the art,ion beam sputtering is used to produce low-loss dielectric optics.During the manufacturing of a dielectric layer stack,the deposition material must be changed,which requires rapid mechanical movement of vacuum components.These mechanical components can be regarded as a risk factor for contamination during the coating process,which limits the quality of high-end laser components.To minimize the particle contamination,we present a novel deposition concept that does not require movable components to change the coating material during the coating process.A magnetic field guiding technique has been developed,which enables the tuning of the refractive index in the layer structure by sputtering mixtures with varying compositions of two materials using a single-ion source.The versatility of this new concept is demonstrated for a highreflection mirror.
文摘During the last decade, striking improvements could be achieved for the precise control of deposition processes in optical coating technology. For example, as a consequence of enormous progresses in measure- ment and computer technology, direct optical monitoring in a broad spectral range can be considered as a common tool in many production environments nowadays. Besides the development of the corresponding hardware and measurement channels, advanced approaches for the evaluation of the acquired data and new multiple sensor monitoring strategies moved into the focus of modern research on the way towards de- terministic deposition techniques. In this context, also innovative concepts for the simulation of deposition processes to forecast the result for a specified coating design and automatic online correction algorithms gained of importance to reduce the risk of failure in coating production. The present contribution will be dedicated to selected aspects in this field, especially addressing broad band optical monitoring systems. A short review on examples for existing hardware configurations and software tools will be presented illus- trating the advantages of modern process control techniques. Novel approaches based on the modeling of thin film growth are discussed as an additional strategy to improve the predictability of coating processes.
