Dynamics of femtosecond laser pulse induced damage in multilayers

Haiyi Sun, Tianqing Jia, Zhongchao Wei, Jianrong Qiu, Xiaoxi Li, Chengbin Li, Shizhen Xu, Donghai Feng, Hezhou Wang, Zhizhan Xu

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Abstract

We report the single-shot damage thresholds of MgF2/ZnS omnidirectional reflector for laser pulse durations from 50 fs to 900 fs. A coupled dynamic model is applied to study the damage mechanisms, in which we consider not only the electronic excitation of the material, but also the influence of this excitation-induced changes in the complex refractive index of material on the laser pulse itself. The results indicate that this feedback effect plays a very important role during the damage of material. Based on this model, we calculate the threshold fluences and the time-resolved excitation process of the multiplayer. The theoretical calculations agree well with our experimental results.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1372-1376
Number of pages5
JournalOptical Materials
Volume28
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2006
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Damage mechanism
  • Damage threshold
  • Localized dynamics
  • MgF/ZnS omnidirectional reflector

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