BRL has released a new whitepaper detailing the effects of small parameter changes, deviating from ISO standard laser damage testing. These small changes give rise to inacurate elevation of threshold values due to the test material changing (annealing) during the test. The importance of low dosage testing is verified. The whitepaper can be found here.
Electro Optics Magazine has issued an article by Andy Extance as part of a Tech Focus on Laser Optics. “Coating Techniques Push Laser Component Limits” discussing advances in coating technology and highlighting BRL as a state of the art laser damage test house.
This month’s Electro Optics magazine features BRL’s latest whitepaper. The whitepaper, “High Power Pulsed and CW Laser Damage, Understanding the differences in Pulsed and CW damage” by Dr Rona Belford, Kieran R Ross and Dr Matthew Duff, details and contrasts pulsed and CW laser damage mechanisms, as well as presenting LIDT results for optical substrates.
BRL has released a video targeted at optical coaters. We explain what the coater needs to provide in terms of data and sample. We also show videos of both pulsed and CW damage. The demo was originally compiled for the exhibitors showcase at SPIE Photonics Europe 2020. The video can be found here.
BRL has released a whitepaper, detailing and contrasting the differences in Pulsed and CW laser damage. We also dispel some of the common misunderstandings relating to CW Laser Damage and its units. This work was funded by Leonardo Edinburgh, Gooch and Housego Precision Optics and BRL Laser Damage. The whitepaper can be found here.
