Optical coating on laser crystals for HiPER project

0368393 - ÚPT 2012 RIV US eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Oulehla, Jindřich - Pokorný, Pavel - Lazar, Josef
Optical coating on laser crystals for HiPER project.
Diode-Pumped High Energy and High Power Lasers / ELI: Ultrarelativistic Laser-Matter Interactions and Petawatt Photonics / HiPER: the European Pathway to Laser Energy (Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 8080). Bellingham: SPIE, 2011, 80800I:1-4. ISBN 978-0-8194-8670-7.
[Diode-Pumped High Energy and High Power Lasers / ELI: Ultrarelativistic Laser-Matter Interactions and Petawatt Photonics / HiPER: the European Pathway to Laser Energy. Praha (CZ), 18.04.2011-20.04.2011]
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z20650511
Keywords : interference coatings * thin layers * HiPER * laser crystals * fusion
Subject RIV: BH - Optics, Masers, Lasers

In this contribution we present a technology for deposition of interference coatings for optical components designed to operate as active media in power pulsed lasers. The aim of the technology is to prepare crystals for lasers for the HiPER project (High Power laser Energy Research) which should demonstrate the feasibility of laser driven fusion as a future energy source. Diode pumped solid state lasers (DPSSL) are the most likely important properties include the ability to be antireflection coated to reduce the energy losses and increase the overall efficiency. This contribution deals with some of the materials considered to be candidates for slabs serving as the active medium of the DPSSLs. We tested Yb:YAG, Yb:CaF(2) samples. As large amounts of heat need to be dissipated during laser operation, cryogenic cooling is necessary. Appropriate coating materials and techniques need to be chosen.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0202751