An anti-reflective (AR) fluoride coating in the 170-230 nm spectral range is prepared by the thermal evaporation method for the applications of widely tunable deep-ultraviolet diode-pumped solid-state lasers. The transmittance of an AR coated calcium fluoride (CaF2) window in thickness 3 mm is measured to be in the range of 95.8% at 170 nm to 97.1% at 230 nm, with the maximum transmittance 99.2% and the minimum residual reflectance 0.04% appeared at 195 nm. The experimental results indicate that treating the AR coated window and the bare substrate with ultraviolet irradiation can significantly improve their optical performance.
1.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Beam Control, Chengdu 610209, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Opt & Elect, Chengdu 610209, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Grad Univ, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
Recommended Citation:
Li Bin-Cheng,Lin Da-Wei,Han Yan-Ling,et al. Anti-Reflective Fluoride Coatings for Widely Tunable Deep-Ultraviolet Diode-Pumped Solid-State Laser Applications[J]. CHINESE PHYSICS LETTERS,2010,27(4).
