Published 1995 | Version v1
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Recent developments in silica sol-gel anti-reflection (AR) coatings

Creators

  • 1. Brunel Univ., Uxbridge (United Kingdom)
  • 2. AWE, Reading (United Kingdom)

Description

Silica sol-gel anti-reflective (AR) coatings have been investigated with particular reference to their laser induced damage threshold (LIDT) when subjected to irradiation from a Nd pulse laser at 1,064nm. Coatings (whose thickness was optimized for minimum reflection at 1,064nm) were deposited by spinning silica sols (average particle size 15nm) produced formed by the base (ammonium hydroxide) catalyzed hydrolysis/condensation of TEOS in ethanol. Addition of polyethylene glycols (PEGs) increased the size of the colloidal silica particles and also induced some particle aggregation in the sol, unlike a similar chain length diol. Increases in the LIDT of the coatings possibly depend upon the impurity levels, the wettability of the substrate and the presence of PEG. LIDT improvements may be obtained by control of substrate and coating surface wettability, hydrophilicity and surface chemistry

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
SPIE--The International Society for Optical Engineering.
Imprint Place
Bellingham, WA (United States)
ISBN
0-8194-1997-4
Imprint Title
First annual international conference on solid state lasers for application to inertial confinement fusion
Imprint Pagination
797 p.
Series
Proceedings/SPIE, Volume 2633.
Journal Page Range
p. 464-474.

Conference

Title
1. annual solid-state lasers for application to inertial confinement fusion meeting.
Dates
30 May - 2 Jun 1995.
Place
Monterey, CA (United States).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
27055119
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PHYSICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SURFACE COATING
Descriptors DEC
AMPLIFIERS; COATINGS; DATA; DEPOSITION; EQUIPMENT; INFORMATION; LASERS; NUMERICAL DATA; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; RADIATION EFFECTS; SOLID STATE LASERS

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
CONF-9505264--.