Research on the UV Dielectric Coatings with High Damage Threshold

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氧化物薄膜抗1064nm脉冲激光损伤的特性研究

对向种氧化物介质膜料的单层膜、增透膜及高反膜的激光损伤特性进行了实验研究,分别测试了单脉冲和多脉冲１０６４ｎｍ激光的损伤阈值,分析和讨论了实验的物理现象及其结果。研究表明ＳｉＯ２、Ｇｄ２Ｏ３、Ｅｒ２Ｏ３、Ｙ２Ｏ３具有激光损伤阈值高、损伤程度轻的特点,特别对１０Ｈｚ激光而言,更是明显;增透膜及高反膜加λ／２层ＳｉＯ２对其激光损伤程度和损伤几率。     

实时测量308 nm 激光对薄膜的损伤阈值

 用散射光法, 建立了一套实时监视与测量308nm 激光对全反膜和增透膜的损伤的实验装置。实时观察到了损伤从起始、加深直至饱和的整个过程的波形。用这一装置测量了全反膜和增透膜在308nm 激光作用下的损伤阈值。测得全反膜在0°与45°入射角时的损伤阈值分别为1.7与1.0J/cm²。而增透膜的阈值为1.3J/cm²。     

Effect of λ/2 SiO_2 overcoat on the laser damage of HfO_2/SiO_2 high-reflector coatings

The effect of λ/2 SiO2 overcoat on the laser damage characteristics of HfO2/SiO2 high-reflector (HR) coatings is investigated with 1-on-l and N-on-1 laser damage test methods. The laser damage surface of 1-on-l is analyzed by a step analyzer. The surface morphologies show that laser damage makes the coating damaged area protrudent and rough for HR coating without λ/2 silica overcoat, but concave and smooth for HR coating with A/2 silica overcoat. The result of 10-on-l multi-pulse irradiation on the same point of the coating shows that there is an energy density stage on the damage curve. If the laser energy density is within the range of the stage, HfO2/SiO2 HR coatings with λ/2 silica overcoat will not be damaged more than 2 times for multi-shots, and the surface damages are very slight so that there is no impact on the coating performance. Another interesting result is that the energy density stage extends from the damage threshold to the point of about 3 times of threshold, which is similar to the     

HfO_2/SiO_2高反膜、增透膜及偏振膜的1064nm激光损伤特性

高反膜、增透膜和偏振膜是Nd∶YAG激光器中的关键薄膜元件 ,其抗激光损伤能力直接影响到激光器的输出能量和功率。由于优异的物理化学性能 ,高功率Nd∶YAG激光器的光学薄膜一般采用HfO2 /SiO2 膜料组合镀制 ,因而用此膜料镀制的光学薄膜的激光损伤特性是薄膜工作者重点关注的问题。对光学中心APS15 0 4镀膜机镀制的HfO2 /SiO2 高反膜、增透膜和偏振膜等开展了 10 64nm的激光损伤实验研究 ,用 2 0 0倍的Normaski显微镜详细分析了高反 ,增透和偏振膜的激光损伤图貌 ,发现对于脉宽为 10ns波长的 10 64nm的激光而言 ,高反膜基本表现为孔洞和等离子体烧蚀疤痕 ,孔洞是由薄膜中的节瘤 (nodular)缺陷的激光损伤引起的 ,损伤的能流密度较低 ,为薄膜的零损伤阈值密度。疤痕为薄膜的激光等离子体烧伤引起的 ,尺寸大小与激光能量密度成近似正比。增透膜一般为双面镀 ,分前后膜堆两种情况 ,前膜堆表现为孔洞和疤痕 ,与高反膜相似 ;后膜堆为孔洞型的小圆麻点聚积 ,麻点处的薄膜完全剥落 ,没有疤痕等烧伤痕迹 ,是激光在基片之间形成的驻波电场损毁 ,损伤阈值比前膜堆低 1 5倍 ,决定着增透膜的损伤阈值。偏振膜的低能量密度损伤与增透膜后膜堆相似 ,表现为孔洞型小麻点聚积 ,损伤处未见疤痕等烧蚀痕迹。对薄膜小尺度损?     

高折射率光学薄膜的化学法制备研究

 报道了一种以ZrOC₁₂·8H₂O为源,溶胶-凝胶法制备高激光负载高折射率薄膜的新方法。薄膜采用旋转镀膜法制备,对薄膜的结构、光学特性及激光损伤阈值进行了测量,有机粘接剂对薄膜折射率及机械强度的影响也作了探讨。以该薄膜与SiO₂溶胶凝胶膜交替涂覆制成的多层高反膜,剩余透过率仅0.98%,激光损伤阈值达16J/cm²（3ns）。     

双离子束溅射沉积薄膜的光学特性与激光损伤研究

对氧化物薄膜的双离子束溅射沉积作用了系统地实验研究。考察了离子束溅射工艺参数对薄膜光学特性的影响。制备了折射率接近于块材料的ＴｉＯ２和ＺｒＯ２薄膜，显著降低了ＴｉＯ２，ＺｒＯ２和ＳｉＯ２薄膜的光吸收损耗，ＴｉＯ２和ＺｒＯ２薄膜的抗激光损伤阈值得到显著提高。用双离束溅射沉积１．０６μｍ多层高反，是到了大于９９．５％的高反射率，经高温退火处理的双离子束溅射沉积高反膜的抗激光损伤阈值同热蒸发沉积的高反膜     

单脉冲飞秒脉冲激光对单层和高反光学薄膜的损伤

用电子束蒸发的方法在BK7玻璃上制备了ZrO2单层膜和ZrO2/SiO2高反膜,利用掺Ti:sapphire飞秒激光系统输出的中心波长为800 nm,脉宽为50 fs的激光脉冲对这两种样品进行了激光损伤阈值测试.实验结果表明,ZrO2单层膜的阈值比ZrO2/SiO2高反膜的高;这与传统的纳秒脉冲激光的损伤情况相反.利用光离化和碰撞离化激发电子到导带,形成电子等离子体基本模型并对此现象进行了解释.同时,用显微镜对样品的损伤形貌进行了观测,对损伤的特点进行了表征.     

808 nm大功率半导体激光器腔面膜的制备

采用等离子体辅助电子束蒸发方法在808 nm大功率量子阱半导体激光器腔面设计镀制了HfO₂/SiO₂系前后腔面膜. 用直接测量法测量并比较了各种常用膜系的相对损伤阈值. 增透膜的反射率为12.2％,高反膜的反射率为97.9％. 对于100 μm条宽、1000 μm腔长的条形结构通过器件测量结果是出光功率提高79％、外微分量子效率提高80％、功率效率由没镀膜之前的22.2％提高到镀膜之后的39.8％.     

光学薄膜的小光斑扫描激光预处理研究

激光预处理是一种提高光学薄膜破坏阈值的新技术。采用小光斑扫描并逐步提高预处理能量的方法,对不同类型的薄膜进行了激光预处理。实验结果发现,除了ＨｆＯ２／ＭｇＦ２多导反射膜外,其它样品的０几率破坏阈值Ｆ０％、发生破坏的最低能量密度值ＦＤｍｉｎ１、不发生破坏的最高能量密度值ＦＮＤｍａｘ以及５０％几率损伤阈值Ｆ５０％都有不同程度的提高。这说明,激光预不仅可以清除薄膜听杂质和缺陷,而且可以改进薄膜的整体性能     

飞秒激光对高反膜的破坏及其超快动力学过程

研究了800nm飞秒激光照射下45°高反膜ZrO2-Si O2的破坏及其超快动力学过程。利用原子力显微镜和扫描电镜观察了材料的烧蚀形貌,测量了破坏阈值与脉冲宽度、烧蚀深度与脉冲能量的依赖关系。随着脉冲宽度从50fs增加到900fs,其烧蚀阈值从0.35J/cm2增加到1.78J/cm2。烧蚀深度与激光能流密度近似成对数关系。当激光强度略高于烧蚀阈值时,材料很快被烧蚀到几百纳米,烧蚀深度表现出明显的层状特性。同时,利用建立的抽运探针实验系统,测量了高强度抽运脉冲作用下材料对探针光的反射率随延迟时间的变化,揭示了薄膜烧蚀的超快动力学过程。实验结果表明高反膜表层的材料对烧蚀特性有重要影响。     

Graded index broadband antireflection coating prepared by glancing angle deposition for a high-power laser system

This paper reports that SiO₂ is selected to fabricate broadband antireflection (AR) coatings on fused silica substrate by using glancing angle deposition and physical vapour deposition. Through accurate control of the graded index of the SiO₂ layer, transmittance of the graded broadband AR coating can achieve an average value of 98% across a spectral range of 300--1850~nm. Moreover, a laser-induced damage threshold measurement of the fabricated AR coating is performed by using a one-on-one protocol according to ISO11254-1, resulting in an average damage threshold of 17.2~J/cm$^{2}$.     

Study on the feasibility of double stack high reflector coating at 355 nm

The feasibility of the idea of double stack HR coating was discussed in this paper both in theory and experiment. The theoretical simulation was made by employing optical coating design software. The analysis results showed that the design of double stack HR coating was feasible, which made the HR coating have ascendancy not only at reflectance but also at laser damage resistance. Then, the LaF₃/MgF₂ HR coating, the HfO₂/SiO₂ HR coating and the double stack HR coating were prepared for comparison, respectively. Transmittance spectra, surface morphologies and damage morphologies of these coatings were measured. Measurement of laser-induced damage threshold (LIDT) of S polarized light of the samples was performed at 355 nm, 45° incidence. The measurement results showed that the LIDT value of the LaF₃/MgF₂ HR coating with 30 layers was very high, but the reflectance was low. When the layer number was increased up to 36, lots of cracks appeared on the surface of the LaF₃/MgF₂ HR coating, with the LIDT badly declining. It was thought that the residual stress resulted in the cracks and the decline of the LIDT. The spectra measurement showed the double stack HR coatings could provide higher reflectance and wider reflection band than LaF₃/MgF₂ HR coating with less layer pairs. Any crack was also not found on the surface of the double stack coatings. Meanwhile, the double stack HR coatings possessed greater laser damage resistances than the HfO₂/SiO₂ HR coating. The damage morphologies showed that the damage of the double stack coating was even milder than that of the HfO₂/SiO₂ coating. Therefore, the double stack design was effective to gain high reflectance and great UV laser radiation resistance simultaneously.     

SiO2半波覆盖层对HfO2/SiO2高反膜激光损伤的影响

 研究了SiO₂半波覆盖层对HfO₂/SiO₂高反射膜1064nm激光损伤的影响,分析薄膜的激光损伤特性及图貌得出, 对于单脉冲（1-ON-1）激光损伤,SiO₂半波覆盖层能提高HfO₂/SiO₂高反膜的激光损伤阈值;可显著降低激光损伤程度,减小灾难性损伤发生的概率;可大幅度提高HfO₂/SiO₂高反膜膜的抗激光损伤能力。     

膜系结构对激光损伤阈值的影响

本文以TiO_2/SiO_2及ZrO_2/SiO_2膜系为例,研究了A(HL)~mHG、A[(2p+1)HL]~m(2p+1)HG以及A[H(2q+1)L]~mHG等不同膜系结构对激光损伤阈值的影响.同时结合光学损耗测量及保护膜厚度效应研究,对光学薄膜的激光损伤机理作了初步探讨.     

KDP晶体增透膜和保护膜性能研究

 报道了溶胶－凝胶工艺制备的KDP晶体保护膜、增透膜和它们的性能 。多孔二氧化硅增透膜峰值透射率大于99%,膜层折射率约1.23。对1.06μm,脉宽约1ns的激光,单层膜的激光破坏阈值约10J/cm²左右,有保护膜和增透膜的膜层激光破坏阈值约5～8J/cm²。     

HfO_2/SiO_2高反射膜的缺陷及其激光损伤

用原子力、Normaski和扫描电子显微镜等分析仪器 ,对高损伤阈值薄膜常采用的 Hf O2 /Si O2 薄膜进行了表面显微图象研究 ,分析了薄膜常见的表面缺陷 ,如节瘤 ,孔洞和划痕等。薄膜表面缺陷的激光损伤实验表明 ,不同缺陷的抗激光损伤能力大不相同 ,节瘤缺陷最低 ,约为 1 5 J/ cm2 ,薄膜的损伤阈值主要由其决定 ,孔洞的激光损伤能力与节瘤相比较高 ,约为节瘤的 2～ 3倍。节瘤缺陷在低能量密度的激光损伤所形成的孔洞 ,与镀制过程中形成的孔洞形貌相似 ,激光再损伤能力也相似。低能量密度的激光把节瘤缺陷变为孔洞缺陷是激光预处理提高薄膜损伤阈值的原因之一     

HfO2/SiO2多层高反膜激光预处理技术

采用不同的光斑移动距离,对电子束蒸发制备的HfO2/SiO2多层高反膜进行了单步及多步预处理。结果表明:为了使薄膜不产生损伤,预处理最高能量密度最好不超过薄膜零几率损伤阈值的90%; 相同预处理效率下进行的单步预处理对提高光学薄膜抗激光损伤阈值的效果比多步预处理好;对HfO2/SiO2高反膜进行98.4%能量覆盖的两步预处理后薄膜损伤阈值提高81%;控制薄膜的缺陷源,初始物质应采用金属Hf。     

PVP掺杂-ZrO2溶胶-凝胶工艺制备多层激光高反射膜的研究

以丙醇锆(ZrPr)为锆源，二乙醇胺(DEA)为络合剂，原位引入聚乙烯吡咯烷酮(PVP)，在乙醇体系中成功地合成了PVP掺杂-ZrO₂溶胶.采用旋涂法在K9玻璃基片上制备了PVP-ZrO₂单层杂化薄膜.用不同掺杂量的PVP-ZrO₂高折射率膜层与相同的SiO₂低折射率膜层交替沉积四分之一波堆高反射膜.借助小角X射线散射研究胶体微结构，用红外光谱、原子力显微镜、紫外/可见/近红外透射光谱、椭圆偏振仪以及1064nm的强激光辐照实验对薄膜的结构、光学和抗激光损伤性能进行表征.研究发现，体系组成的适当配置可以在溶胶稳定的前提下实现ZrPr的充分水解，赋予薄膜良好的结构、光学和抗激光损伤性能.杂化体系中，DEA与ZPr之间强的配合作用大大降低了ZrO₂颗粒表面羟基的活性，使得PVP大分子只是以微弱的氢键与颗粒的表面羟基作用而均匀分散于ZrO₂颗粒的周围，对颗粒的形成和生长无显著影响.因而在实验研究范围内，随PVP含量的增大，PVP-ZrO₂杂化膜层的折射率和激光损伤阈值均无显著变化.但是，薄膜中均匀分布的PVP柔性链可以有效促进膜层应力松弛，显著削弱不同膜层之间的应力不匹配程度、大大方便多层光学薄膜的制备.当高折射率膜层中PVP的质量分数达到15%—20%时，膜层之间良好的应力匹配使得多层高反射膜的沉积周期数可达到10以上.沉积10个周期的多层反射膜，在中心波长1064nm处透射率约为1.6%—2.1%，接近全反射特征，其激光损伤阈值为16.4—18.2J/cm²(脉冲宽度为1ns). 关键词： 溶胶-凝胶 2')" href="#">PVP-ZrO₂ 高反射膜 激光损伤     

DF化学激光窗口低损耗增透膜

 表述了DF激光波段采CaF₂和硅窗口减反射膜系的结果。分析了设计多层AR膜的方法并给出用ZnSe/YbF₃材料组合的双层和五层AR膜系。计算了各种膜系的理论性能。研究了膜层淀积工艺技术,对于CaF₂和硅窗口,在DF激光波段实验透过率分别为99.54%和99.8%,镀AR膜CaF₂窗口能承受4.3kW/cm²的连续波DF激光辐射。