Localized CO2-laser treatment for mitigation of 351-nm damage growth in fused silica

Raymond M. Brusasco; Bernie Penetrante; Jim A. Butler; Lawrence W. Hrubesh

doi:10.1117/12.461711

9 April 2002 Localized CO₂-laser treatment for mitigation of 351-nm damage growth in fused silica

Raymond M. Brusasco, Bernie Penetrante, Jim A. Butler, Lawrence W. Hrubesh

Proceedings Volume 4679, Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 2001; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461711
Event: Boulder Damage, 2001, Boulder, CO, United States

Abstract

A technique for inhibiting the growth of laser-induced surface damage on fused silica, initiated and propagated at the 351-nm laser wavelength, has been investigated. The technique exposes the damage sites to single pulses of a CO₂ laser operating at the 10.6 micrometers wavelength at or near beam focus. This method results in a very localized treatment of the laser damage site and modifies the site such that laser damage does not propagate further. A laser damage site initiated with a single pulse of 355-nm laser light at approximately 45 J cm^-2 and 7.5-ns pulse duration grows rapidly upon further illumination at 8 J cm^-2 with 100% probability. Treatment of these sites with single pulses of 10.6 micrometers laser light for one second at a power level of between 17 and 37 Watts with a beam diameter of 5 mm alters the damage site such that it does not grow with subsequent 351-nm laser illumination at 8 J cm^-2 10-ns pulse duration for > 1000 shots. The technique has been found to be 100% effective at stopping the growth of the laser damage.

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Raymond M. Brusasco, Bernie Penetrante, Jim A. Butler, and Lawrence W. Hrubesh "Localized CO₂-laser treatment for mitigation of 351-nm damage growth in fused silica", Proc. SPIE 4679, Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 2001, (9 April 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461711

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