Influence of microstructure on laser damage threshold of IBS coatings

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2714, Issue , 1996, Pages 351-359

  Stolz, Christopher J ^a   Genin, Francois Y ^a   Kozlowski, Mark R ^a   Long, Dale ^b   Lalazari, Ramin ^b   Wu, Zhouling ^c   Kuo, Pao Kuang ^d  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BALL AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGIES CORP   (United States)

^c EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coating microstructure; Ion beam sputtering; Laser damage threshold; Thermal diffusivity

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; DIFFUSION; HAFNIUM COMPOUNDS; ION BEAMS; IONS; LASER DAMAGE; LASERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; SPUTTERING; THERMAL DIFFUSION; THERMAL DIFFUSIVITY;

AMORPHOUS COATINGS; AMORPHOUS LAYERS; COATING MICROSTRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINE LAYERS; DIFFERENT MICROSTRUCTURES; FLUENCES; LASER DAMAGE THRESHOLD; MICROSTRUCTURE EFFECTS; MULTILAYER COATINGS; NODULAR DEFECTS; PHOTOTHERMAL DEFLECTION TECHNIQUES; SINGLE LAYERS;

MICROSTRUCTURE;

EID: 0003833141     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.240403     Document Type: Conference Paper

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