Material
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UV grade fused silica or BK7 glass
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S1 Surface Flatness
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λ/10 at 633 nm
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S1 Surface Quality
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20-10 scratch & dig (MIL-PRF-13830B)
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S2 Surface Flatness | λ/10 typical at 633 nm |
S2 Surface Quality
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20-10 scratch & dig (MIL-PRF-13830B)
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Diameter Tolerance
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+0.00 mm-0.12 mm
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Thickness Tolerance
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±0.25
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Parallelism
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30 arcsec
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Chamfer
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0.3 mm at 45° typical
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Coating
Technology
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Electron beam multilayer dielectric
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Adhesion and Durability
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Per MIL-C-675A. Insoluble in lab solvents
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Clear Aperture
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Exceeds central 85% of diameter
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Damage Threshold
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>3 J/cm2, 8 ns pulse, 1064 nm typical for BK7 substrates;
>6 J/cm2, 8 ns pulse, 1064 nm typical for UVFS substrates. |
Coated Surface Flatness
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λ/10 at 633 nm over 85% over clear aperture
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Angle of Incidence
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0°-8° (normal)
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Back side antireflection coated | R<0.2% |
EKSMA Optics Nd:YAG Laser Output Couplers
91.61 kB |
Laser Output Couplers transmits a part of the circulating intracavity power for generating a useful output from the laser. A low transmission output coupler leads to a low laser threshold, but also possibly to poor laser efficiency if the losses due to output coupling do not dominate over other parasitic losses in the laser cavity. The output coupler transmission is often chosen to maximize the achieved output power, although its optimum value may be lower or higher if there are other design purposes (minimizing the intracavity intensities or suppressing Q-switching instabilities in a passively mode-locked laser).