Laser Damages (LIDT or LDT)
Laser Damage Threshold (LDT) or Laser Induced Damage Threshold (LIDT) is the limit at which an optic or material will be damaged by a laser given the fluence (energy per area), intensity (power per area), and wavelength. LDT values are relevant to both transmissive and reflective optical elements, coated and uncoated and in applications where the laser induced modification or destruction of a material is the intended outcome.
LDT (or LIDT) has two main issues:
a) Functionality of the optical system (optics elements - substrates and coatings) where failure of the durability of the element in LDT (or LIDT) will occur, and
b) Safety of the user.
Laser-induced Damage by Dr. Rüdiger Paschotta.
Website: https://www.rp-photonics.com/laser_induced_damage.html
A statistical study of the relationship between surface quality and laser induced damage (4 December 2012) by Trey Turner, Quentin Turchette and Alex Martin, Proceedings Volume 8530, Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 2012; 85300R, Event: SPIE Laser Damage, 2012, Boulder, Colorado, United States (2012).
Website: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.976631
Anti-reflection coating damage threshold dependence on substrate material (31 December 2009) by Ove Lyngnes, Aiko Ode and Dale C. Ness, Proceedings SPIE Volume 7504, Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 2009; 75040E Event: Laser Damage Symposium XLI: Annual Symposium on Optical Materials for High Power Lasers, 2009, Boulder, Colorado, United States. Website: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.836456
Laser-Induced Damage Threshold and Certification Procedures for Optical Materials, published by NASA and Langley Research Center in June 1997 (NASA reference publication 1395).
Website: https://www.cs.odu.edu/~mln/ltrs-pdfs/NASA-97-rp1395.pdf
Laser Induced Damage Threshold by LASEROPTIC GmbH.
Website: https://www.laseroptik.de/en/customer-service/lidt
Technical Note: Laser Damage Threshold by Newport Corporation, (part of MKS Instruments, Inc.).
Website: https://www.newport.com/n/laser-damage-threshold
Advances in Optical Systems: How to apply laser-induced damage threshold (LIDT) test techniques (Oct 13th, 2016) by Jason Yager.
Website: https://www.laserfocusworld.com/optics/article/16547027/advances-in-optical-systems-how-to-apply-laserinduced-damage-threshold-lidt-test-techniques
Laser-Induced Damage Threshold (LIDT) testing by Lidaris Ltd.
Website: https://lidaris.com/laser-damage-testing/
Laser-Induced Damage Threshold (LIDT) Measurement Report – ISO 21254-2: S-ON-1 Test by Lidaris Ltd.
Website: https://www.altechna.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/so840-eqdp4y-227162-2-e9z5ve.pdf
Lidaris: Laser-Induced Damage Threshold testing specialists by Jose Pozo, EPIC 22 July 2020, by Lidaris Ltd.
Website: https://www.novuslight.com/looking-at-lidaris-laser-induced-damage-threshold-testing-specialists_N10685.html
Available Testing Procedures by Lidaris Ltd.
Website: https://lidaris.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/LIDARIS_Available_Testing_Procedures_2018.pdf
Testing the Limits LDT - considerations when selecting laser optics by Ra’ef Mikhail, Edmund Optics.
Website: https://www.edmundoptics.com/globalassets/knowledge-center/articles/testing-the-limits-ldt-considerations-when-selecting-laser-optics-en.pdf
Laser Damage Threshold Testing by Edmund Optics.
Website: https://www.edmundoptics.com/knowledge-center/application-notes/lasers/laser-damage-threshold-testing/
Laser Induced Damage Threshold – Understanding and Specifying LIDT of Laser Components by Edmund Optics.
Website: https://www.electrooptics.com/sites/default/files/content/white-paper/pdfs/LIDT%20of%20Laser%20Components_18_0.pdf
Laser Induced Damage Threshold Tutorial by Thorlabs.
Website: https://www.thorlabs.com/tutorials.cfm?tabID=762473b5-84ee-49eb-8e93-375e0aa803fa
Laser Damage by LBP Optics.
Website: https://www.lbp.co.uk/technical/lase.html
Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 1998, Editor(s): Gregory J. Exarhos; Arthur H. Guenther; Mark R. Kozlowski; Keith L. Lewis; M. J. Soileau. Proceeding Volume SPIE 3578. Date Published: 7 April 1999.
Website: https://spie.org/Publications/Proceedings/Volume/3578?SSO=1
27th Annual Boulder Damage Symposium: Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 1995, Editor(s): Harold E. Bennett; Arthur H. Guenther; Mark R. Kozlowski; Brian Emerson Newnam; M. J. Soileau. Proceeding Volume SPIE 2714. Date Published: 27 May 1996.
Website: https://spie.org/Publications/Proceedings/Volume/2714
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Laser-Induced Damage Threshold of Optical Coatings by Ronian Siew, PhD, Craig Hanson and Turan Erdogan, PhD. Published by IDEX Optics and Photonics White Paper (9/2013). Copyright © CVI Laser Optics 9/2013.
Website: https://nanopdf.com/download/laser-induced-damage-threshold-of-optical-coatings_pdf
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Laser Induced Damage Threshold (8/1/18) Posted by William Smith, LaCroix Precision Optics. Copyright © LaCroix Precision Optics.
Website: https://www.lacroixoptics.com/ or https://blog.lacroixoptics.com/blog/laser-induced-damage-threshold
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Technicon: Laser Induced Damage Threshold by Sill Optics GmbH & Co.KG.