Laser Induced Damage Studies on Al2O3, SiO2, and MgF2 Thin Films for Anti-Reflection Coating Application in High Power Laser Diode

The laser diode facet damage is one of the impeding factors of the high-power laser diode operation. To overcome this restriction laser diode facet coating can be utilized. During the high power operation of the laser diode, it is observed that the single layer anti reflection (AR) coating at the fr...

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Main Authors: C.J. Panchal, M.S. Desai, A.L. Patel, G.G. Bhatt
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Published: Sumy State University 2013-05-01
Series:Журнал нано- та електронної фізики
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Online Access:http://jnep.sumdu.edu.ua/download/numbers/2013/2/articles/jnep_2013_V5_02016.pdf
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author C.J. Panchal
M.S. Desai
A.L. Patel
G.G. Bhatt
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description The laser diode facet damage is one of the impeding factors of the high-power laser diode operation. To overcome this restriction laser diode facet coating can be utilized. During the high power operation of the laser diode, it is observed that the single layer anti reflection (AR) coating at the front facet shows optical damage while the multilayer high reflective coating at the back facet remains undamaged. To determine the “damage threshold” of the materials used for AR coating, an e-beam evaporated Al2O3, MgF2, and SiO2 single layer thin films on GaAs substrate have been optimized for the wavelength ~ 1060 nm. The diode pumped Q-switched Neodymium Yttrium Aluminum Garnet (Nd:YAG) laser (1064 nm) was used to da-mage the samples. The damage on the sample was observed under the microscope. The effective damage radius on the samples was 150 m and average continuous wave laser induced damage threshold was found  10 W.
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spelling doaj-art-d07d65447c524c1b9ee5f5ec43d650a52025-08-20T02:03:54ZengSumy State UniversityЖурнал нано- та електронної фізики2077-67722013-05-0152020161Laser Induced Damage Studies on Al2O3, SiO2, and MgF2 Thin Films for Anti-Reflection Coating Application in High Power Laser DiodeC.J. PanchalM.S. DesaiA.L. PatelG.G. BhattThe laser diode facet damage is one of the impeding factors of the high-power laser diode operation. To overcome this restriction laser diode facet coating can be utilized. During the high power operation of the laser diode, it is observed that the single layer anti reflection (AR) coating at the front facet shows optical damage while the multilayer high reflective coating at the back facet remains undamaged. To determine the “damage threshold” of the materials used for AR coating, an e-beam evaporated Al2O3, MgF2, and SiO2 single layer thin films on GaAs substrate have been optimized for the wavelength ~ 1060 nm. The diode pumped Q-switched Neodymium Yttrium Aluminum Garnet (Nd:YAG) laser (1064 nm) was used to da-mage the samples. The damage on the sample was observed under the microscope. The effective damage radius on the samples was 150 m and average continuous wave laser induced damage threshold was found  10 W.http://jnep.sumdu.edu.ua/download/numbers/2013/2/articles/jnep_2013_V5_02016.pdfLaser induced damageAntireflection coatingLaser diod
spellingShingle C.J. Panchal
M.S. Desai
A.L. Patel
G.G. Bhatt
Laser Induced Damage Studies on Al2O3, SiO2, and MgF2 Thin Films for Anti-Reflection Coating Application in High Power Laser Diode
Журнал нано- та електронної фізики
Laser induced damage
Antireflection coating
Laser diod
title Laser Induced Damage Studies on Al2O3, SiO2, and MgF2 Thin Films for Anti-Reflection Coating Application in High Power Laser Diode
title_full Laser Induced Damage Studies on Al2O3, SiO2, and MgF2 Thin Films for Anti-Reflection Coating Application in High Power Laser Diode
title_fullStr Laser Induced Damage Studies on Al2O3, SiO2, and MgF2 Thin Films for Anti-Reflection Coating Application in High Power Laser Diode
title_full_unstemmed Laser Induced Damage Studies on Al2O3, SiO2, and MgF2 Thin Films for Anti-Reflection Coating Application in High Power Laser Diode
title_short Laser Induced Damage Studies on Al2O3, SiO2, and MgF2 Thin Films for Anti-Reflection Coating Application in High Power Laser Diode
title_sort laser induced damage studies on al2o3 sio2 and mgf2 thin films for anti reflection coating application in high power laser diode
topic Laser induced damage
Antireflection coating
Laser diod
url http://jnep.sumdu.edu.ua/download/numbers/2013/2/articles/jnep_2013_V5_02016.pdf
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