Exterior surface damage of calcium fluoride outcoupling mirrors for DUV lasers

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 8253-8263

  Bauer, Michael ^a,b   Bischoff, Martin ^c   Jukresch, Sigrid ^b   Hülsenbusch, Thomas ^b   Matern, Ansgar ^b   Gortler, Andreas ^b   Stark, Robert W ^a   Chuvilin, Andrey ^d   Kaiser, Ute ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Coherent GmbH ^*  (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM FLUORIDE; COLOR CENTERS; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; ULTRAVIOLET LASERS;

ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; EXTERIOR SURFACES; EXTERNAL RESONATORS; HIGH ENERGY DENSITIES; HIGH PULSE ENERGY; OPTICAL COMPONENTS; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESS; PRESENCE OF WATER;

LASER MIRRORS;

EID: 66449097349     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.008253     Document Type: Article

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