CO2激光扫描辐照修复熔石英表面损伤

采用振镜系统结合10.6 m的CO2激光,对熔石英表面损伤点进行辐照,成功地修复了直径500 m的大尺寸损伤点,损伤修复后表面无烧蚀残留,损伤内部完全愈合,无气泡和残余裂纹。和定点修复方式相比,这种修复具有修复尺度大、面形影响区域小、应力分布范围小的优势。80%扫描辐照修复的损伤点的初始损伤阈值恢复甚至超过了基底的初始损伤阈值。     

Rear-surface light intensification caused by Hertzian-conical crack in 355-nm silica optics

Theoretical studies show that the Hertzian-conical crack can be considered to be composed of double cone faces for simplification. In the present study, the three-dimensional finite-difference time-domain method is employed to quantify the electric-field distribution within the subsurface in the presence of such a defect under the normal incidence irradiation. Both impurities (inside the crack) and the chemical etching have been investigated. The results show that the maximum electric field amplitude |E| _max is 9.57374 V/m when the relative dielectric constant of transparent impurity equals 8.5. And the near-field modulation will be improved if the crack filled with remainder polishing powders or water vapor/drops. Meanwhile, the laser-induced initial damage is moving to the glass-air surface. In the etched section, the magnitude of intensification is strongly dependent on the inclination angle θ. There will be a highest modulation when θ is around π /6, and the maximum value of |E| _max is 18.57314 V/m. When θ ranges from π /8 to π /4, the light intensity enhancement factor can easily be larger than 100, and the modulation follows a decreasing trend. On the other hand, the modulation curves become smooth when θ > π /4 or θ < π /8.     

Numerical simulation of the modulation to incident laser by the repaired damage site in a fused silica subsurface

One of the main factors of laser induced damage is the modulation to incident laser which is caused by the defect in the subsurface of the fused silica.In this work,the repaired damage site irradiated by CO 2 laser is simplified to a Gaussian rotation according to the corresponding experimental results.Then,the three-dimensional finite-difference time-domain method is employed to simulate the electric field intensity distribution in the vicinity of this kind of defect in fused silica front subsurface.The simulated results show that the modulation is notable,the E max is about 2.6 times the irradiated electric field intensity in the fused silica with the damage site (the width is 1.5 μm and depth is 2.3 μm) though the damage site is repaired by CO 2 laser.The phenomenon and the theoretical result of the annular laser enhancement existed on the rear surface are first verified effectively,which agrees well with the corresponding experimental results.The relations between the maximal electric field intensity in fused silica with defect depth and width are given respectively.Meanwhile,the corresponding physical mechanism is analysed theoretically in detail.     

Optical and magnetic properties of nitrogen ion implanted MgO single crystal

The microstructure,optical property and magnetism of nitrogen ion implanted single MgO crystals are studied. A parallel investigation is also performed in an iron ion implanted single MgO sample as a reference. Large structural,optical and magnetic differences are obtained between the nitrogen and iron implanted samples. Room temperature ferromagnetism with a fairly large coercivity field of 300 Oe (1Oe=79.5775 A/m),a remanence of 38% and a slightly changed optical absorption is obtained in the sample implanted using nitrogen with a dose of 1×1018 ions/cm2 . Tran- sition metal contamination and defects induced magnetism can be excluded when compared with those of the iron ion implanted sample,and the nitrogen doping is considered to be the main origin of ferromagnetism.     

熔石英亚表面三维Hertz锥形划痕附近光强分布的数值模拟

熔石英亚表面划痕对入射激光的调制是导致光学材料损伤的主要因素.本文建立了熔石英后表面上三维Hertz锥形划痕模型,采用三维时域有限差分方法对划痕周围的电场强度进行了计算模拟,并分别讨论了划痕的深度、半径以及倾斜角度对入射光场调制作用的影响.结果表明：Hertz锥形划痕中心区域的电场增强效果最明显,最容易被辐照损伤;划痕的深度从λ变化到9.5λ的过程中,熔石英内的最大电场强度逐渐增大;半径小于15λ的Hertz锥形划痕较容易引起熔石英的损伤,当半径大于175λ时,熔石英内的最大电场强度都维持在2.5 V/m,不再受半径大小影响;当入射激光在划痕的内侧界面和熔石英后表面之间发生内全反射时,光场增强效果愈加明显. 关键词： 三维时域有限差分 Hertz锥形划痕 电场分布 数值模拟     

表面Al膜污染物诱导熔石英表面损伤特性

在熔石英表面人工溅射一层Al膜污染物,分别测试污染前后熔石英基片在355 nm波长激光辐照下的损伤阈值,并采用透射式光热透镜技术、椭偏仪和光学显微镜研究了污染物Al膜的热吸收、厚度以及激光辐照前后熔石英的损伤形貌。用355 nm波长的脉冲激光分别辐照位于污染的熔石英和洁净的熔石英前后表面的损伤点,并用显微镜在线采集损伤增长图样,测试损伤点面积。实验表明:熔石英前表面的金属Al膜污染物导致基片损伤阈值的下降约30%,后表面的污染物导致基片下降约15%,位于熔石英样片后表面损伤点面积随激光辐照次数呈指数增长,而位于前表面的损伤点面积与激光脉冲辐照次数呈线性增长关系;带有污染的熔石英样片的增长因子比洁净的熔石英样片的增长因子高30%。     

Optical and structural properties of Ge-ion-implanted fused silica after annealing in different ambient conditions

Ge+ ions are implanted into fused silica glass at room temperature and a fluence of 1×10 17 cm-2 . The as-implanted samples are annealed in O2, N2 and Ar atmospheres separately. Ge0 , GeO and GeO2 coexist in the as-implanted and annealed samples. Annealing in different atmospheres at 600℃ leads each composite to change its content. After annealing at 1000℃, there remains some amount of Ge 0 in the substrates. However, the content of Ge decreases due to out-diffusion. After annealing in N2 , Si–N composite is formed. The absorption peak of GeO appears at 240 nm after annealing in O2 atmosphere, and a new absorption peak occurs at 418 nm after annealing in N2 atmosphere, which is attributed to the Si–N composite. There is no absorption peak appearing after annealing in Ar atmosphere. Transmission electron microscopic images confirm the formation of Ge nanoparticles in the as-implanted sample and GeO 2 nanoparticles in the annealed sample. In the present study, the GeO content and the GeO2 content depend on annealing temperature and atmosphere. Three photoluminescence emission band peaks at 290, 385 and 415 nm appear after ion implantation and they become strong with the increase of annealing temperature below 700℃, and their photoluminescences recover to the values of as-grown samples after annealing at 700℃. Optical absorption and photoluminescence depend on the annealing temperature and atmosphere.     

General formula for phonon-assisted n-photon absorption in solids

A general formula for phonon-assisted n-photon absorption in solids is obtained by (n+1)-th order perturbation technique. The complicated calculation process for transition element of n-photon absorption is simply demonstrated by a diagram approach that is proposed in this work. We find that the transition element for the n-photon absorption has a simple form, i.e., it is just the first term of the n-th order fist kind Bessel function.     

酸蚀与紫外激光预处理结合提高熔石英损伤阈值

采用HF酸刻蚀和紫外激光预处理相结合的方式提升熔石英元件的负载能力,用质量分数为1%的HF缓冲溶液对熔石英刻蚀1~100 min,综合透过率、粗糙度和损伤阈值测试结果,发现刻蚀时间为10min的熔石英抗损伤能力最佳。采用355 nm紫外激光对HF酸刻蚀10 min的熔石英进行预处理,结果表明:紫外预处理能量密度在熔石英零损伤阈值的60%以下时,激光损伤阈值单调递增;能量到达80%时,阈值反而低于原始样片的损伤阈值。适当地控制酸蚀时间和紫外激光预处理参数能有效提高熔石英的抗损伤能力。     

熔石英亚表面三维Hertz锥形划痕附近光强分布的数值模拟

熔石英亚表面划痕对入射激光的调制是导致光学材料损伤的主要因素.本文建立了熔石英后表面上三维Hertz锥形划痕模型,采用三维时域有限差分方法对划痕周围的电场强度进行了计算模拟,并分别讨论了划痕的深度、半径以及倾斜角度对入射光场调制作用的影响.结果表明：Hertz锥形划痕中心区域的电场增强效果最明显,最容易被辐照损伤;划痕的深度从λ变化到9.5λ的过程中,熔石英内的最大电场强度逐渐增大;半径小于15λ的Hertz锥形划痕较容易引起熔石英的损伤,当半径大于175λ时,熔石英内的最大电场强度都维持在2.5 V/m,不再受半径大小影响;当入射激光在划痕的内侧界面和熔石英后表面之间发生内全反射时,光场增强效果愈加明显.