Investigation on nano-absorbing precursors in the picosecond regime via the comparative study of HfO2/SiO2 and Ta2O5/SiO2 high-reflectivity coating damage
OPTICAL MATERIALS EXPRESS(2023)
Abstract
Laser-induced damage to the final reflective and diffractive optics limits the total output energy of petawatt laser systems with pulse durations ranging from a few hundred femtoseconds (fs) up to a few tens of picoseconds (ps). In this study, the laser damage to HfO2/SiO2 and Ta2O5/SiO2 multilayer dielectric high-reflectivity (HR) coatings induced by a 1053 nm laser with a pulse width of 8.6 ps was studied to investigate the nano-absorbing precursors in ps regimes. The HfO2/SiO2 HR coating exhibited stronger laser resistance than the Ta2O5/SiO2 HR coating. Flat-bottom pits, pinpoints, and funnel pits were the three typical damage morphologies for the experimental HR coatings. The damage to the HfO2/SiO2 HR coating was primarily dominated by flat-bottom pits, whereas dense pinpoints were the most significant damage for the Ta2O5/SiO2 HR coating. The nano-absorbing precursors introduced by the ion-assisted deposition process were proved to be the damage precursors that trigger pinpoints under a strong electric field intensity (EFI). The nano-absorbing precursors located in the second EFI peak of the SiO2 top layer induced the funnel pits. The funnel pits were expected to be the previous stage of the flat-bottom pits. After they grew along the upward-sloping crack and separated from the interface, the flat-bottom pits were formed. In addition, poor-binding interfaces promoted the formation of flat-bottom pits.& COPY; 2023 Optica Publishing Group under the terms of the Optica Open Access Publishing Agreement
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Key words
picosecond regime,nano-absorbing,high-reflectivity
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