Simultaneous determination of optical loss, residual reflectance and transmittance of highly anti-reflective coatings with cavity ring down technique.
Opt Express
; 22(23): 29135-42, 2014 Nov 17.
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ABSTRACT
Cavity ring down (CRD) technique was employed to measure optical losses (absorption and scattering losses), residual reflectance and transmittance of anti-reflectively (AR) coated laser components with transmittance higher than 99.9%. By inserting the AR coated laser component with parallel optical surfaces into the ring-down cavity and measuring the ring-down time versus the angle of incidence with respect to the surface normal, the optical loss and residual reflectance of the laser component were determined respectively at normal and out-of-normal incidences with repeatability of part-per-million level. The transmittance was also determined simultaneously. Experimental results demonstrated that CRD is a simple, inexpensive and fast technique for highly accurate measurements of optical loss, residual reflectance, and transmittance of AR coated laser components widely used in high-power laser systems.
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Teste de Materiais
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Óptica e Fotônica
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Lasers
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2014
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