Thin-film polarizers for the OMEGA EP laser system

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5991, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Oliver, J B ^a   Rigatti, A L ^a   Howe, J D ^a   Keck, J ^a   Szczepanski, J ^a   Schmid, A W ^a   Papernov, S ^a   Kozlov, A ^a   Kosc, T Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

e beam; Laser damage; Polarizer; Stress; Thin film

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST RATIO; FILM DEPOSITION; POLARIZER;

ELECTRON BEAMS; LASER DAMAGE; LASERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; STRESSES; THIN FILMS;

THIN FILM DEVICES;

EID: 33644591740     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.638809     Document Type: Conference Paper

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