Laser damage studies of tantala and zirconia sol gel coatings

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2714, Issue , 1996, Pages 537-549

  Spriggs, D M ^a   Sermon, Paul A ^b   Vong, Mariana S W ^b   Sun, Y ^b  

^a AWE   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Sol gel; Tantala; Zirconia

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; ETHANOL; GELATION; GELS; LASER DAMAGE; LASERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOLS; ZIRCONIA;

ABRASION RESISTANCES; ABSORPTION BANDS; DAMAGE THRESHOLDS; HIGH REFRACTIVE INDICES; HIGH STRENGTHS; HIGH TEMPERATURES; IN SITU MICROSCOPIES; INTERFEROMETRIC IMAGES; LASER WAVELENGTHS; LOW POROSITIES; PREPARATION METHODS; SINGLE LAYERS; TANTALA; ZIRCONIA SOLS;

COLLOIDS;

EID: 57849161055     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.240401     Document Type: Conference Paper

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