Flexible omnidirectional reflective film for CO<sub>2</sub> laser protection

Wenling Chen; Chao Liu; Yuqi Zou; Zhihe Ren; Yuanzhuo Xiang; Fanchao Meng; Yinsheng Xu; Chong Hou; Sheng Liang; Lüyun Yang; Guangming Tao

doi:10.3788/COL202321.022201

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 21, Issue 2, 022201(2023)

Flexible omnidirectional reflective film for CO₂ laser protection

Wenling Chen¹, Chao Liu¹, Yuqi Zou¹, Zhihe Ren¹, Yuanzhuo Xiang¹, Fanchao Meng², Yinsheng Xu³, Chong Hou^1,4, Sheng Liang², Lüyun Yang¹, and Guangming Tao^1,5、*

Author Affiliations

¹Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics and Sport and Health Initiative, Optical Valley Laboratory, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China

²Key Laboratory on Luminescence and Optical Information Technology of Ministry of Education, National Physical Experiment Teaching Demonstration Center, Department of Physics, School of Physical Science and Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China

³State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China

⁴School of Optics and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China

⁵State Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China

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Wenling Chen, Chao Liu, Yuqi Zou, Zhihe Ren, Yuanzhuo Xiang, Fanchao Meng, Yinsheng Xu, Chong Hou, Sheng Liang, Lüyun Yang, Guangming Tao, "Flexible omnidirectional reflective film for CO₂ laser protection," Chin. Opt. Lett. 21, 022201 (2023)

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Paper Information

Category: Optical Design and Fabrication

Received: Jun. 12, 2022

Accepted: Aug. 12, 2022

Published Online: Sep. 20, 2022

The Author Email: Guangming Tao (tao@hust.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202321.022201

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laser devices and laser physics

Lasers and Laser Optics

Laser physics

laser manufacturing

Instrumentation, Measurement and Metrology