Measuring the effective pulse duration of nanosecond and femtosecond laser pulses for laser-induced damage experiments

Alexandru Zorila; Laurentiu Rusen; Aurel Stratan; George Nemes

doi:10.1117/1.OE.52.5.054203

31 May 2013 Measuring the effective pulse duration of nanosecond and femtosecond laser pulses for laser-induced damage experiments

Alexandru Zorila, Laurentiu Rusen, Aurel Stratan, George Nemes

Author Affiliations +

Optical Engineering, Vol. 52, Issue 5, 054203 (May 2013). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.52.5.054203

Abstract

We report on our approach to measure the quantity named effective pulse duration as defined in the ISO 21254-1:2011 standard, which deals with laser-induced damage (LID) threshold measurements. The approach is applied to measure pulses from two laser sources: an injection-seeded electro-optically Q-switched Nd:YAG nanosecond system with 10-Hz pulse repetition frequency, and a fully integrated Ti:sapphire laser with 150–400 fs and 2-kHz pulse repetition frequency. For comparison, the full-width-half-maximum (FWHM) of the same pulses is also measured. The analysis and description of the measurement process, the experimental results, and the corresponding uncertainties are presented. A smaller combined uncertainty is obtained for the effective pulse duration than for the FWHM-defined pulse duration for each time scale involved in experiments. This suggests that the effective pulse duration is the appropriate parameter to characterize the pulse duration in LID experiments.

Citation Download Citation

Alexandru Zorila, Laurentiu Rusen, Aurel Stratan, and George Nemes "Measuring the effective pulse duration of nanosecond and femtosecond laser pulses for laser-induced damage experiments," Optical Engineering 52(5), 054203 (31 May 2013). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.52.5.054203

Published: 31 May 2013

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE

INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.

SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION

PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.

PERSONAL SIGN IN

No SPIE Account? Create one

PURCHASE THIS CONTENT

SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY

50 downloads per 1-year subscription

Members: $195

Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART

25 downloads per 1 - year subscription

Members: $145

Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART

PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE

Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available