Sensitivity test method for the characterization of laser damage behavior

Jonathan W. Arenberg; Michael D. Thomas

doi:10.1117/1.OE.53.12.122517

2 December 2014 Sensitivity test method for the characterization of laser damage behavior

Jonathan W. Arenberg, Michael D. Thomas

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 53, Issue 12, 122517 (December 2014). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.53.12.122517

Abstract

This paper introduces a sensitivity test for characterizing the laser damage behavior of a sample. A sensitivity test analyzes unbinned laser damage test data to estimate the damage probability curve. The means of estimation is by employing a parametric model of the probability of damage and identifying the parameters most likely to produce the observed results using the maximum-likelihood (ML) method. The ML method applied to laser damage measurements is reviewed. The sensitivity test is analyzed for its performance using Monte Carlo methods. A series of laser damage tests are simulated on a test of a hypothetical test optic. A Weibull distribution is selected for the damage probability model, while the virtual test optic was chosen to have a non-Weibull shaped damage probability curve. Damage measurements for varying the number of sites exposed are modeled to show the convergence of the Weibull parameters. This paper concludes by showing how the underlying defect distribution is calculated from results of the sensitivity test.

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Jonathan W. Arenberg and Michael D. Thomas "Sensitivity test method for the characterization of laser damage behavior," Optical Engineering 53(12), 122517 (2 December 2014). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.53.12.122517

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