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Station for LIDT tests of optical components under cryogenic conditions
Oulehla, Jindřich
In this contribution we present a technology for deposition and testing of interference coatings for optical components designed to operate as in power pulsed lasers. We designed and are building a testing apparatus which will serve as an addition to our existing optical coating production facility. This allows us to prepare a coating which is then tested and the results might be used to optimize it. The test samples are placed in a vacuum chamber, cooled down to approximately 120K and Illuminated by a pulsed laser to determine laser damage threshold of the coatings under conditions similar to real life operation. Optical microscopy and spectrophotometer measurements are used for coating investigation after the conducted experiments.
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Nanopositioning with detection of a standing wave
Holá, Miroslava ; Hrabina, Jan ; Číp, Ondřej ; Fejfar, A. ; Stuchlík, J. ; Kočka, J. ; Oulehla, Jindřich ; Lazar, Josef
A measuring technique is intended for displacement and position sensing over a limited range with detection of standing-wave pattern inside of a passive Fabry-Perot cavity. In this concept we consider locking of the laser optical frequency and the length of the Fabry-Perot cavity in resonance. Fixing the length of the cavity to e.g. a highly stable mechanical reference allows stabilizing wavelength of the laser in air and thus to eliminate especially the faster fluctuations of refractive index of air due to air flow and inhomogeneity. Detection of the interference maxima and minima within the Fabry-Perot cavity along the beam axis has been tested and proven with a low loss transparent photodetector with very low reflectivity. The transparent photodetector is based on a thin polycrystalline silicon layer. Reduction of losses was achieved thanks to a design as an optimized set of interference layers acting as an antireflection coating. The principle is demonstrated on an experimental setup.
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Displacement Interferometry in Passive Fabry-Perot Cavity
Lazar, Josef ; Číp, Ondřej ; Oulehla, Jindřich ; Pokorný, Pavel ; Fejfar, Antonín ; Stuchlík, Jiří
We present techniques oriented to improvement of precision in incremental interferometric measurements of displacements over a limited range where the atmospheric wavelength of the coherent laser source is either directly stabilized to a mechanical reference or is corrected to fit to the reference. This may represent a reduction of uncertainty linking the laser wavelength not to indirectly evaluated refractive index but to the setup mechanics which cannot be completely eliminated. Here we suggest an approach where the traditional interferometers are replaced by a passive Fabry-Perot cavity with position sensing using an intracavity transparent photodetector.
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Interference coatings on laser amplifiers
Oulehla, Jindřich
This contribution deals with the technology used for designing and producing interference coatings on materials used for manufacturing laser amplifiers. These coatings must not only meet the optical performance requirements but also others. For example they must be able to withstand cryogenic cooling, high laser beam fluence, etc.
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