Damage Characteristics of 500 ps Laser-Conditioned Multilayer Dielectric High-Reflectivity Coatings Under Picosecond Laser Irradiation

Zhou Yan; Shuai Kun; Chunxian Tao; Dawei Li; Xiaofeng Liu; Yuanan Zhao; Jianda Shao

doi:10.3788/CJL250721

Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 52, Issue 17, 1703101(2025)

Damage Characteristics of 500 ps Laser-Conditioned Multilayer Dielectric High-Reflectivity Coatings Under Picosecond Laser Irradiation

Zhou Yan^1,2, Shuai Kun^2,3, Chunxian Tao^1、*, Dawei Li², Xiaofeng Liu^2,3、**, Yuanan Zhao^2,3, and Jianda Shao^2,3,4

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¹School of Optical-Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China

²Laboratory of Thin Film Optics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China

³Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

⁴Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou 310024, Zhejiang , China

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Paper Information

Category: Thin Films

Received: Apr. 18, 2025

Accepted: Apr. 29, 2025

Published Online: Sep. 13, 2025

The Author Email: Chunxian Tao (tao@usst.edu.cn), Xiaofeng Liu (liuxiaofeng@siom.ac.cn)

DOI:10.3788/CJL250721

CSTR:32183.14.CJL250721

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