SYMPOSIA PAPER Published: 01 January 1985
STP28990S

Photothermal Deflection Microscopy of HR and AR Coatings

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Last year at this syposium we reported on the initial results of photothermal deflection microscopy (PDM) studies of single layer dielectric thin films [1]. The high spatial resolution, low-level absorption capabilities of PDM were demonstrated in the form of two-dimensional absorption contour maps of such films.

In this paper we report on PDM measurements of a number of HR and AR coatings provided by Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and the Naval Weapons Center. The absorption data obtained from these measurements provide the first phase of absorption/damage correlation studies and as these absorption measurements were recently completed, no correlation data are yet available.

Resolution improvements, measurement methodology and a number of absorption contour maps are presented. Two interesting observations yet to be explained are described and some future experiments are suggested.

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Mundy, WC
Ermshar, JEL
Hanson, PD
Hughes, RS
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Developed by Committee: F01
Pages: 360–371
DOI: 10.1520/STP28990S
ISBN-EB: 978-0-8031-4956-4
ISBN-13: 978-0-8031-0930-8